Men’s Health on Retiring Rich

Men’s Health gives us four steps to retiring rich. Some of the tips (the first two) come from the author’s discussion with Mr. Warren Buffett.

Here the list:

RULE 1: Instead of trying to time the market, try to tie it. Unless you’re a top sensei yourself, don’t try to beat the market. Instead, cast the widest net possible using index funds. Buy a fund that tracks the S&P 500 or maybe even the entire U.S. stock market. If you’re able to lock in the gains of the market–roughly 10 percent a year, historically–you will have accomplished a vast amount.

RULE 2: When you’re tempted to sell, buy. When stocks are in the tank, your gut will tell you to bail, to move your money into less-volatile investments like bonds or money-market funds. It’s human nature. It’s also a huge mistake. When the market plunges–over days, months, and years–there are opportunities to make real money.

RULE 3: Collect sectors. But you have another best friend, one you don’t spend a whole lot of time thinking about: diversification. You don’t want to be thrown for a huge loss by drops in any one sector. Make sure your holdings cover the entire investment field, so if “energy” collapses, you might be protected by gains in, for example, “financial services” or “health care.” This is another great reason to invest in an S&P 500 index fund: It comprises stocks from virtually every sector.

RULE 4: Invest in yourself (involuntarily). Chances are you’re putting away money for retirement automatically; your employer takes it out of your paycheck, pretax. If you ever want to amass a lot of liquid assets–that is, money you can spend today if you want–you need to set your savings to automatic, as well.

So my Comments on each are:

1. Big thumbs up here because index funds are well diversified and come with no-load fees and very low expense fees.
2. This is also absolutely true because this is where stocks/shares are and will be at there cheapest so in times like this buy as much as you can and save in times of high bubble prices.
3. Yet another beauty of investing in index funds.
4. This way you never forget and it is all done for you.

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