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16 Timeless Truths of Financial Freedom

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My new career was straight commission—zero salary. Don’t Budget. Timing the market—trying to anticipate imminent movements up or down—is a losing proposition, as data from Yahoo Finance illustrates: Let’s assume you invested $10,000 in the S&P 500 for 20 years between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2017. annual return.