• jaybone@lemmy.zip
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    9 hours ago

    In the US, 1 million is not enough to retire comfortably unless you are already retirement age and can collect social security and Medicare. It’s not like you can retire early on 1 million dollars. That doesn’t even buy you a house where I live.

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      33 minutes ago

      1 million is ‘not enough’ when you want a passive income that is higher than what half of working people earn.

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      6 hours ago

      I have a friend who made it big young (well earned IMO, they started working at 15) and they have about 2M in investments.

      They make 4k/month after taxes just from the stock dividends every year.

      That’s well enough for a comfortable life over here, as their house and cars are paid for - and the money keeps growing in investments.

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        5 hours ago

        I’m not quite at that level, but I’m getting there. My main concern would be health care. And that my house isn’t fully paid off. And with Trump manipulating the market, idk I get nervous. 2 million might work. But I know 1 million is for sure not enough, at least in the US.