I'm 34 years old. I've been lurking for a couple months. I was a longtime reader of the Motley fool LBYM board before they started charging for it.
I have been saving for FIRE since I got my first raise at my job after college.
I currently save about 30% of my gross pay. I work in network consulting. My company has had me placed at a large financial company for about 4 1/2 years.
I have about four times my gross annual salary saved so far. I have about half of it in various funds in my 401k's (mostly index funds), and about half in self-directed accounts that are individual stocks. The individual stocks I own, in order of position size are:
SPY
BRKb
TCB
FAST
JNJ
FR
TGT
MSFT
MCD
MMM
CSCO
O
PFE
NNN
SHN
USB
I love owning REITs in a tax-sheltered account. I don't own any bonds.
I bought my house about 18 months ago but don't consider it an investment. So far it has been a complete money sink :>
I have been saving for FIRE since I got my first raise at my job after college.
I currently save about 30% of my gross pay. I work in network consulting. My company has had me placed at a large financial company for about 4 1/2 years.
I have about four times my gross annual salary saved so far. I have about half of it in various funds in my 401k's (mostly index funds), and about half in self-directed accounts that are individual stocks. The individual stocks I own, in order of position size are:
SPY
BRKb
TCB
FAST
JNJ
FR
TGT
MSFT
MCD
MMM
CSCO
O
PFE
NNN
SHN
USB
I love owning REITs in a tax-sheltered account. I don't own any bonds.
I bought my house about 18 months ago but don't consider it an investment. So far it has been a complete money sink :>