So governments (since they cannot accurately predict the birth rate) print enough extra money each day to maintain a target inflation rate of 1-2% per year....
If you had $20,000 and wanted to buy a house, the smart thing would be to invest it in Common stocks for ten years...it will grow at an average of ~7% a year (~10% with dividends), and you will more than double your money...over the same period, inflation will cause the "value" of that money to decline by an average of 1-2% each year, so you will end up with about $40,000 that has the "buying power" of roughly $34,000 in "today's dollars"...
So yes, it is well worth it!
Yes
Yes it is ture.
I would go for a travel if I have 20k bucks.
People always say to save money.
But I believe the value of money is going down.
Like how a coke used to be 10 cent and now a dollar.
How minimum wage is increasing and price of things are rising.
Is it true that $10k today is less valuable than $10k 10 years from now?
If you have $20,000 would you save it to put towards to buy a nice house 5~10 years from now?
What would you do..?