我们每个人都在积极工作,努力赚钱,但其实在积极增加咱们收入的同时我们也必须考虑一些有关如何来“save smart”(聪明储蓄)。今天我们就一起来看一下老前辈切身的经验之谈,一些有关个人储蓄的小贴士,来了解一下“what financial decisions or mistakes would they do differently if they have the chance”(哪些财务方面的做法或是错误决定他们会希望改过重来,如果有机会这么做的话)。

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1。make transfers inconvenient
不要让自己太过于容易转账
“Pay yourself first. So simple, but our problem was always dipping into the savings for various emergencies.” - anonymous
拿到每月收入时先要给自己留下部分作储蓄。这听起来非常容易理解,但我们的问题是太过于频繁随意从储蓄账户中转账用于这种、那种的“应急情况”了。
专家们建议最好能够每隔一段时间,比如一年1到2次把部分资金转出来做定期储蓄(time deposit),这样就不能轻易动用这笔钱了。
2。tithe thyself
给自己定一个10%的储蓄原则
“I would have saved 10 percent automatically from my paycheck by direct deposit into a savings account earning the best possible interest compounded daily.” - D. Lorinser
我将会选择从每个月的收入当中直接抽出10%存入储蓄账户,这样就可以享受有最佳的储蓄利息,并且每天有复利计算。
10% 一直是理财专家比较强调的基础储蓄原则,如果能坚持下去,不久咱们就会有可观的一笔“nest egg”(储蓄金)了。
3。start at a young age
储蓄要趁早,趁年轻
“I would save at least 20 percent of each paycheck since I was 27 and was newly married, in order to invest for retirement. I give this advice to anyone in their 20s who will listen.”
-- Kathy Staran
我将会选择抽出20%的每月收入作为储蓄金,当我还是27岁之际,才刚刚成家(还没有孩子);这笔储蓄将会是为了以后退休作准备。我会建议现在所有20多岁的年轻人这么做,如果他们愿意听的话。
4。don't make bad timing decisions
避免错过时机,因而犯下决定性的错误
“I would have cashed out of my mutual fund in 1998 and put the cash in CDs/munis (municipal bonds). Instead, I let it ride the market down to my original cost.” - Brenda Pulvermacher
我将会在1998年就把钱从我的共同基金拿出来,然后把所得资金存入定期储蓄或是市政府发行的债券。但我当时没这么做,就任凭着这笔资金随着市场行情涨跌,最后只剩下原来投入本金,一点都收益都没有。
5。don't ever borrow from yourself
切忌从自己那里借钱来花
“My biggest savings regrets are using my various savings accounts like they were cash cows. I would be much more in control of my life had I not consistently raided my savings whenever I mismanaged my spending.” - Leonora Brooks
我最大的储蓄错误是把自己不同的储蓄账户当作是“生钱工具”了。我如果能够限制自己,不要每次支出超出预算就把手伸到储蓄账户,那么我也就不会像现在这般生活没个规律的了。
你们是否也有其他建议?