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OfflinePDU
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How much money does the average 22yr old have?
    #7410843 - 09/14/07 08:30 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Student, worker, tradesman? - should i have savings? do you live paycheque to paycheque?


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: PDU]
    #7410857 - 09/14/07 08:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

At 22 few people have much in the way of assets or savings.  Its a great time to live free and discover the path you want to tread.

If you still have nothing in 20 years you can worry a little.

If you still have nothing in 40 years then I hope you enjoy dog food. :smirk:


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: PDU]
    #7410863 - 09/14/07 08:34 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I'm 26 and I live paycheque to paycheque. I save money in RRSP every paycheque.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: WhiskeyClone]
    #7410878 - 09/14/07 08:39 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I am 21 and make 35G a year. No savings and mostly paycheck to paycheck.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: djcube]
    #7410913 - 09/14/07 08:50 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

One hundred and fifty THOUSAND dollars.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: AnotherDimension]
    #7411145 - 09/14/07 09:58 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

If you're smart you would invest at least 10-15% of your monthly salary into stocks or mutual funds. Aim for the long term, 20 years or so. You can easily be a millionaire by the time you're 45 if you start putting some freakin money into something.

People don't get rich working, normally speaking. People get rich because they make money work FOR them.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: PDU]
    #7411407 - 09/14/07 10:51 PM (16 years, 4 months ago)

There is no excuse to not have 6 months worth of income in savings. Not for retirement, but for emergencies.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: DieCommie]
    #7411746 - 09/15/07 01:17 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

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DieCommie said:
There is no excuse to not have 6 months worth of income in savings. Not for retirement, but for emergencies.




no excuse?? hahaha!! how about being fucking thousands of dollars in debt due to educational loans? or how about being a full-time student with a part-time job and having to support yourself entirely? i think those are pretty good excuses. some people don't have the luxury of having money left over to put into savings.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
    #7411750 - 09/15/07 01:20 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Bullshit.

I'm $65k in student loan debt. I work a PT job. I still manage to put, at a minimum, of $150 a month into stocks and mutual funds.

compound interest is amazing. study it carefully, its the most useful formula you will ever need in your life.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: SlvrZeta]
    #7411755 - 09/15/07 01:26 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

well maybe you got a better deal on rent or something then, because i really cannot afford to stow away $150 a month.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: SlvrZeta]
    #7411756 - 09/15/07 01:26 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

How do you have $65,000 in student loan debt?


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: tiny_rabid_birds]
    #7411869 - 09/15/07 02:37 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

You should still have a 6 month savings fund. Doesnt matter if you have student loans or not. Taking out student loans is fine because you are borrowing against something that appreciates like a house (your marketability). But you should still be able to save away around 6 months worth of income, even if it means two jobs and take off one semester.

Then you have an emergency fund in case something life changing happens. You also can self insure and self warranty small things which means you keep more of your paycheck in the long run.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: DieCommie]
    #7411883 - 09/15/07 02:43 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

what if you just had an emergency, like lawyer fees? Is it OK then to not have 6 months income saved up?

Quit being foolish, there are thousands of reasons to not have 6 months income saved up.

Being an unyielding hard ass is cool to some extent, but not much.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: PDU]
    #7411893 - 09/15/07 02:48 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

None to very little, IME


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: DirtMcgirt]
    #7411910 - 09/15/07 02:59 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

yeah, a year ago i had nothing. i have nothing today.

if i have more than a hundred dollars at a time thats not going to rent, i consider myself rich


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: SlvrZeta]
    #7411916 - 09/15/07 03:05 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

SlvrZeta said:
Bullshit.

I'm $65k in student loan debt. I work a PT job. I still manage to put, at a minimum, of $150 a month into stocks and mutual funds.

compound interest is amazing. study it carefully, its the most useful formula you will ever need in your life.




Unless you're earning more interest on your savings than you're paying on your debt (which is unlikely) you're the one that needs to go back to math class.


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

You know how shit you are, you just don't give a fuck for precisely that reason.

I disendorse you.[/quote]


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: PDU]
    #7411919 - 09/15/07 03:06 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

debt.

that's it.

in short, not as much as me.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: Viveka]
    #7411921 - 09/15/07 03:06 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

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Viveka said:
How do you have $65,000 in student loan debt?




Shit, that's the way the game is played in America.


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[quote]Asante said:
You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

You know how shit you are, you just don't give a fuck for precisely that reason.

I disendorse you.[/quote]


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: TheFakeSunRa]
    #7411924 - 09/15/07 03:07 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

I know people 100,000$ in debt who run numeric hammers.


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Re: How much money does the average 22yr old have? [Re: DieCommie]
    #7411926 - 09/15/07 03:08 AM (16 years, 4 months ago)

Quote:

DieCommie said:
You should still have a 6 month savings fund. Doesnt matter if you have student loans or not. Taking out student loans is fine because you are borrowing against something that appreciates like a house (your marketability). But you should still be able to save away around 6 months worth of income, even if it means two jobs and take off one semester.

Then you have an emergency fund in case something life changing happens. You also can self insure and self warranty small things which means you keep more of your paycheck in the long run.




When you're in debt the first thing you need to do is pay off the debt. Start saving when you get up to zero.


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You constantly make posts thatr fling middle school insults at people you don't like mixed in with maladjusted psychopathic comments about wanting to beat up the other poster with a crowbar.

You know how shit you are, you just don't give a fuck for precisely that reason.

I disendorse you.[/quote]


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