Investing in companies within one's circle of competence is vital to achieving success over the long-run. ... I have created a chart with the total returns from 1997 through 2017 for each company.

The following charts show why investing today is the key to retiring on your own terms. ... If you invest $200 per month starting at age 20, you could have about $760,000 by age 65.

In 1972, after spending time in the Pacific islands, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins proposed a startling theory in his book, Stone Age Economics: instead of always existing on the razor's edge of ...

If you didn’t start investing when you were 19 – as in the day you began your last year of teenage-hood – you started investing too late. That’s essentially what David Bach told CNBC early ...

The chart also speaks to the power of compound interest. "Anyone can become a millionaire before the traditional retirement age of 65 by saving only $4,000 per year starting at age 20," Zach writes.

In 1972, after spending time in the Pacific islands, anthropologist Marshall Sahlins proposed a startling theory in his book, Stone Age Economics: instead of always existing on the razor's edge of ...