It makes me sick to hear stories like that. My dad taught me that nobody manages your money better than your self. Dont put all your eggs in one basket and diversify. It was good advice, too bad from 32 to 46 i "invested and forget it". I will promise to watch it like a hawk now that i'm 47. Got a nice base. I'm hopin to get at 1.5 to 2 by time i'm 62. Getting the kids done with college will be a major hurdle, two more years and that will be another 3k a month to put away. Right know were doing about 50k a year (15k for me and 15k for her from our company into its pension/401k) and another 20k into my Schwab stuff. Plus the asset's we have now, the house and business (which is "sellable", but its a specialized market so finding a buyer to "buy" a job isn't easy)...
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Mike
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