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How Many Market-Beaters For A Rich Retirement?

Dividends Forever
4 min readMay 10, 2024

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One good investment that moderately outpaces the market will make you a millionaire. Three good investments that moderately outpace the market will make you a multimillionaire with six-figures per year in passive dividend income.

Do I have your attention?

Good.

Now let’s breakdown the math of how much you’d need to invest in each position and what market-beating rate of return you’d need to consistently sustain.

How Much Time And How Much Money?

A $12,000 investment that compounds at 16% annually for 33 years will grow to over $1.6 million dollars.

And that’s with no external money added to your position. Ever.

If you are in your late 20’s or early 30’s finding even one of these investments will net you $1 million+ by the time you’re ready to retire. And finding three of these investments will net you $4.8 million.

Interestingly enough, these market-beaters are more common than you’d think.

And they don’t require extreme speculation, either.

In a recent article about Artesian Resources, I shared a Tweet discussing water utility stocks and how investing $12,000 into American States Water Company during the 1990’s…

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