By Matthew Makowski Financial independence is part of the American Dream. For some, it’s the result of years of hard work and diligently saving for retirement. For others, it comes from setting up passive income streams and figuring out creative ways to make money from little to no effort.
There are dozens – if not hundreds – of ways to achieve financial independence. And yet fewer and fewer of us are realizing that dream. Stanford researchers found that the majority of Americans aren’t saving anywhere near enough to achieve financial independence. And more and more people are working well past the traditional retirement age.
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