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Congrats Class of 2021
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So if any of you on here are graduating today or tomorrow, congratulations!
Hope you enjoyed the experience and are off to successfully make your way in the world.
As a parent of a member of the class of 2021 I give you this advice I?m giving my child today - "Terrific work - now go get a job!"
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Another bit of advice, once you get a job.....max out your 401k and then start an investment account and set yourself up on automatic deposits.
Take your financial plans as serious as your drive to advance in your career.
Another thing, do not rush out to buy a house and spend above your means on getting married and such. Stay within your means.
Also, you do not know everything. Ask tons of questions.
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Originally Posted by
Lord McBuckethead
Another bit of advice, once you get a job.....max out your 401k and then start an investment account and set yourself up on automatic deposits.
Take your financial plans as serious as your drive to advance in your career.
Another thing, do not rush out to buy a house and spend above your means on getting married and such. Stay within your means.
Also, you do not know everything. Ask tons of questions.
Amen! Dang good advice. Solid!
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Originally Posted by
Lord McBuckethead
Another bit of advice, once you get a job.....max out your 401k and then start an investment account and set yourself up on automatic deposits.
Take your financial plans as serious as your drive to advance in your career.
Another thing, do not rush out to buy a house and spend above your means on getting married and such. Stay within your means.
Also, you do not know everything. Ask tons of questions.
This is probably the best advice you will ever get right here. I had an uncle who said that you should save 15% of your take home over and above any company retirement plan. He would ask me every time we met if I was saving 15%. It took about ten years in the workforce to understand why but in my early thirties I started saving and trying to catch up for past years. I retired at 55.
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The sooner you start saving and investing, the sooner your money starts working for you = principle of compound interest and the time value of money
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Oh and on the subject of marriage. It's cheaper to rent that stuff than it is to own it.
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Originally Posted by
Lord McBuckethead
Another bit of advice, once you get a job.....max out your 401k and then start an investment account and set yourself up on automatic deposits.
Take your financial plans as serious as your drive to advance in your career.
Another thing, do not rush out to buy a house and spend above your means on getting married and such. Stay within your means.
Also, you do not know everything. Ask tons of questions.
Before you worry about starting a retirement investment plan though, you need to build up an emergency cash reserve of several months of expenses. You don't want relatively minor problems to turn into catastrophes which cause you to go into debt.
There's someone in my head but its not me.
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Originally Posted by
Offshore Dawg
Oh and on the subject of marriage. It's cheaper to rent that stuff than it is to own it.
And it's beneficial to marry someone who makes way more money than you, lol.
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Originally Posted by
BeardoMSU
And it's beneficial to marry someone who makes way more money than you, lol.
Amen brother, and if you can keep her working after you retire it’s just icing on the cake. I don’t agree with Dave Ramsey 100% but his book should be required reading for anyone starting adult life
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Originally Posted by
BeardoMSU
And it's beneficial to marry someone who makes way more money than you, lol.
Your goal should be for her not to have to work.
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My son graduates with honors tomorrow with a degree in Computer Engineering.
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Originally Posted by
Rex54
Your goal should be for her not to have to work.
Uh, huh.
If a girl has a DVM and a PhD, she's gonna work, but sure...
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Originally Posted by
msudawg1200
My son graduates with honors tomorrow with a degree in Computer Engineering.
Congrats dude. I bet you're super proud!
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Originally Posted by
msudawg1200
My son graduates with honors tomorrow with a degree in Computer Engineering.
Congrats!
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Originally Posted by
msudawg1200
My son graduates with honors tomorrow with a degree in Computer Engineering.
Congrats - my daughter was this morning. Major was Operational Meteorology
She’s a lot smarter than her Dad.
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
Congrats - my daughter was this morning. Major was Operational Meteorology
She’s a lot smarter than her Dad.
Congrats man!
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Y'all don't stone me. My oldest son graduates from usm next week, he has a double major in athletic administration and spanish.
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
Y'all don't stone me. My oldest son graduates from usm next week, he has a double major in athletic administration and spanish.
Congrats back!
"After dealing with Ole Miss for over a year," he said, "I've learned to expect their leadership to do and say things that the leadership at other Division I schools would never consider doing and to justify their actions by reminding themselves that "We're Ole Miss.""
- Tom Mars, Esq. 4.9.18
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You can marry more money in 5 minutes
Than you can work for in a lifetime.
Remember these things
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Originally Posted by
Dawgbite
This is probably the best advice you will ever get right here. I had an uncle who said that you should save 15% of your take home over and above any company retirement plan. He would ask me every time we met if I was saving 15%. It took about ten years in the workforce to understand why but in my early thirties I started saving and trying to catch up for past years. I retired at 55.
That's pretty good advice. I wish somebody had explained to me that 15% was barely adequate when I started off.
If you get 6% real returns (which I view as on the optimistic going forward), and save 15% year in, year out, you'll be financially independent in 38.6 years. Obviously that assumes you will the same amount of money in real terms your entire career which won't be the case, but that means to do any better, you actually have to start saving more than 15% as your salary grows if you want to maintain the same lifestyle in retirement as you do while working. And that assumes that you save every year, and don't have setbacks, which is not going to be the case for most people.
Of course you should have social security on top of that, but I'd never want to be in a position where I felt compelled by my financial position to argue that younger and on average poorer people should have to pay more taxes to support my lifestyle.
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