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Living below Your Means and Investing
You may wonder what living below your means has to do with investing. Obviously, you need to live below your income in order to have money to invest. Did you know that living below your means has a big effect on your portfolio?

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***Saving bonuses is an easy way to increase your investing. With raises, remember to increase your savings by taking a portion of the raise and investing it. For example, if you are making $30,000 a year and receive a 3% raise, that is an additional $900 a year. If you normal savings rate is 10% of your pay, then you would need to save an additional $90 of your raise to keep your savings rate at 10% (10% of $30,900 is $3,090).***

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