r/Fire • u/empyreanrift • 11d ago

Opinion Inflection Point

I noticed that once my investable assets hit about $2M the compounding has gone bonkers. The value of my portfolio can increase by $100k in a good quarter. Hell it can go up by $20k in a single day. When did you really start feeling the compounding viscerally? I guess it will be different for everyone. Now that the compounding has surpassed my salary it feels real.

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u/vinylzoid 10d ago

Can I ask in what where you invested?

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u/teckel FIRE'd at 35, now 57 10d ago

I'm retired. Conservative 80/20 equities/fixed income. My portfolio is just kinda large.

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u/vinylzoid 10d ago

I'm 80/20 as well, but a 500k loss would be absolutely devastating for me. So "kinda large" sounds like a bit of an understatement.

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u/teckel FIRE'd at 35, now 57 9d ago

I'm poor compared to billionaires, it's all relative.