• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Where are you getting 4% annual compound returns, though? That’s faster than the historical growth in global GDP over the equivalent time period.

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      23 days ago

      Yes, it’s equally as unrealistic as leaving money idle for 532 yrs.

      The only point I was making was that multiplying $5,000 a day by so many years is a silly comparison as it ignores the dominating factors to building wealth.

      Billionaires shouldn’t exist but also they don’t exist because they stuff X dollars under their mattress every day.