Start Working On Your First Millionaire At Age 16

Contributed by mm | September 12, 2006 8:38 AM PST

All it takes to be a millionaire is to save and invest for a long-enough period of time. If you do it correctly, the compounding effect of your savings and investment will take care of your golden years.

From MSN Money:

Let's suppose that you are 16 years old, in high school, and willing to work. Let's also suppose that you can clear about $2,000 over the course of a summer, if only because a doting grandparent puts money in the Roth while you take your earnings to school. If you invest in a Roth IRA, it will grow, tax-free, for as long as you have the account. All withdrawals from the account after age 59 1/2 will be tax-free.

If your money is invested in common stocks and you achieve the average compound annual rate on large-capitalization U.S. stocks, 10.7%, your account will grow to $9,378 at the end of the fourth year. You will be 20 years old. Invested in the same way, with no additional savings, the account will grow to:

• $25,917 by the time you are 30
• $71,625 by the time you are 40
• $197,943 by the time you are 50
• $547,037 by the time you are 60
• And $1,114,423 by the time you are 67

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