Good for you!
Putting my money where my mouth is, DW and I entered the two-comma club (for the first time, I'm sure not the last), just after the new year. It didn't change anything for us (as has been discussed), but we opened a nice bottle of wine and I made a good dinner and we toasted the accomplishment nonetheless!
As I said in an earlier post, it's a sum that the vast majority of people will never see.
...it's weird to think how long it took us to save the first $100k, compounding is magical.
The magic of dollar cost averaging added a big "cha-ching" to the bottom line as it went back up. Sweet -
I remember the 401K meetings during the 07-09 dip. Guy told us to hang tight, don't worry, it's gonna get better. I just stayed in with the same payroll deduction as always (maxed out) and bought twice as many shares.
The magic of dollar cost averaging added a big "cha-ching" to the bottom line as it went back up. Sweet -
I am not sure any amount of money will make me feel safe and secure in the US with our healthcare system (back to 1999 when I started buying own insurance through college).