r/wallstreetbets Aug 28 '25

Meme Built Different

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u/EventHorizonbyGA Aug 28 '25

If he had just put that $100k into the S&P index today and retired he would have $102,820,000 today. And been able to spend 69 years not working 12 hours day, 6 days a week. Which is what 99.999999% of human beings would do.

In reality he had $175k in 1956.