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investments or savings worth $ 500,000 or

$ 700,000. Depending on your needs you may then

be financially independent or prosperous anyway.
It would depend what your expenses are and what

other assets you have such as real estate, pensions,

social security and other income. Surely you would
be far better off than the person who didn’t try and

has savings worth $ 0, or worse yet is in debt for a

large amount. Despite living in the land of
opportunity, there are tens of millions of

Americans who have savings and investments

valued near zero. It’s sad but true. But if your
account has $700,000 in value what does that

become if it doubles? BINGO!! It would then be

worth $ 1.4 million, and you would be a millionaire.
But if no $ 700,000, that would lead to no $ 1.4

million. To not begin your saving and investment
account could be a million-dollar error. Don’t be

that guy or gal. Just getting started can build a

small account that can grow into a fortune like a
tiny acorn can grow into a giant oak tree. But with

no acorn, no tree will grow. Plant that acorn.

One of the keys to wealth is to save money.
Having money saved enables you to take advantage

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