Pay yourself one hour's worth of income each day

[StormRichards]

The argument is whether it's reasonable for people to have 9% growth for 20 years. The answer is, "yes", if you keep 100% of your money in an S&P 500 fund for 25 years.

So where is your evidence to back up your statement that "no one" does this?

And before you change directions again, I am pretty sure the argument was about investments not money. Clearly the money people use to live off of on a weekly basis is not in the S&P 500. But since you can't prove that no one invests 100% in the S&P for 25 years, then I figured that you might turn down another street.

[Nutria]

So where is your evidence to back up your statement that "no one" does this?

Common sense. (But people put 100% of their money in Enron, so... )

And before you change directions again, I am pretty sure the argument was about investments not money.

Clearly the money people use to live off of on a weekly basis is not in the S&P 500. But since you can't prove that no one invests 100% in the S&P for 25 years, then I figured that you might turn down another street.

It is true that if you put 100% of your money in the S&P500 for 25 years, you'll get 9% returns.

[GoodSteward]

Since this thread has gotten so far off topic, I will close it. If anybody wants to discuss accounts and rates please start a new thread. Thanks.