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How to Really Be A Millionaire

How to Really Be A Millionaire. Council for Economic Education. True or False. A. Most millionaires are college graduates. True or False. B. Most millionaires work fewer than 40 hours a week. True or False. C. More than half of all millionaires never inherited money. True or False.

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How to Really Be A Millionaire

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  1. How to Really Be A Millionaire Council for Economic Education

  2. True or False • A. Most millionaires are college graduates.

  3. True or False • B. Most millionaires work fewer than 40 hours a week.

  4. True or False • C. More than half of all millionaires never inherited money.

  5. True or False • D. Most millionaires attended private schools.

  6. True or False • E. Most millionaires drive expensive new cars.

  7. True or False • F. Most millionaires work in glamorous jobs, such as sports, entertainment, or high tech.

  8. True or False • G. Most millionaires work for very large public companies.

  9. True or False • H. Many poor people become millionaires by winning the lottery.

  10. True or False • I. A college graduate earns almost double the annual income of a high school graduate.

  11. True or False • J. If a high school graduate invests the difference between his or her earnings and the earnings of a high school dropout, from age 18 until age 67, at 8 percent interest, the high school graduate would have $5,500,000 more than the high school dropout at age 67.

  12. True or False • K. Investors who buy and hold stocks for the long-term have better long –term stock returns than those who buy and sell stocks more frequently.

  13. True or False • L. Millionaires tend to avoid the stock market.

  14. True or False • M. At age 18, you decide not to drink soda from the vending machine and save $1.50 per day. You invest this $1.50 a day at 8 percent interest until you are 67. At age 67, your savings from not buying soda from a vending machine are almost $300,000.

  15. True or False • N. If you save $2,000 a year from age 22 to age 65 at 8 percent interest, your savings will be over $700,000 at age 65.

  16. True or False • O. Millionaires tend to be single rather than married.

  17. Rules for Improving Your Financial Life • Get a good education. • Work long, hard, and smart. • Learn money-management skills. • Spend less than you could spend. • Save early and often. • Invest in common stocks for the long term. • Gather information before making decisions.

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