what you pass on

A family fortune can start with one ordinary salary and forty years of a boring habit.

$65,000 a year, 12% saved, the match taken, $55,000 a year spent from 65. Through every year of history since 1871 the middle case passes on $5.76M.

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Slide 1 of 5: A family fortune can start with one ordinary salary and forty years of a boring habit.

Slide 2 of 5: Worst, middle and best of 81 cases since 1871.

Slide 3 of 5: $536,000 went in over forty years. $5.76M comes out the other end.

Slide 4 of 5: Someone in every wealthy family was the first to start. It can be you.

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Sources: Backtest of the ordinary-career plan through every year of history since 1871..

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