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29 May 2024

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How much of your gross income do you save/invest, and how old are you? Curious to see the average saving/investing rate now.

In terms of percentage.

Anyone able to save/invest 80% of gross income even when they make <$3k?

I have always kept to the rule of 80:20 since i started working :

80 - Save/invest

20 - Spend

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Wow that is pretty tough leh, when I was taking <3k I was saving & investing 50%, spending 50%. Just as much as I would like to save, I think you cannot forgo your youth, 50-50 is a good balance & then when you earn more I think you can adjust that again.

Generally I try to follow the 20/30/50, spend/invest/save rule. But, it really depends on your situation, for example if you have three kids in a single-income household, the proportion of income will not realistically be as low as 20%

Rly depends on my short term liabilities. if i do have percentage of saving will be higher and investing will be lesser. Generally a 20/30/50, spend/invest/save rule.

To keep it simple, I only invest with SPARE MONEY. To me, spare money is the money I don't use for spending nor saving. This amount varies depending on current situation so I don't have fixed percentage.

I just wanted to say, it is every commendable what you are doing. I personally have not manage to sa...

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