Investing in stocks long term is no less than the Holy Grail of our time. It allows the common man to get rich over time. Using an excel spreadsheet, I find that investing only $100 a paycheck from age 18 to 40, at Warren Buffet's 23% annual return, will give you an investment worth $1.2 million. Without contributing anymore, you could just retire (at 40) and pull in an astounding $278,000 a year income just from the 23% returns. Or keep working and contributing for another 10 years, and retire at 50 with $9.6 million in your account and earn a mind-blowing $2.2 million a year in interest. For doing nothing! And this is based only on $100 a paycheck. Just imagine $200. (Just double the figures I listed). Math is good. Life is good. Thank you for reminding us, Tynan. (More articles like this about making money, please!)