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Time is both our ally and our enemy
If you stash $100,000 in cash under your mattress in three decades, you might not have lost a single dollar, but the value of your money has undoubtedly gone down over time.
Inflation: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2025/02/18/inflation-rule-of-70-doubling-time/
Because of inflation, each dollar will buy you less and less over time—your purchasing power decreases. In this sense, time is cruel to the value of money and today’s dollar is worth more than tomorrow’s.
Baumols Paradox: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2025/05/22/paradox-baumols-economic-cost-disease/
In the case of investments, compounding interest relies on time to reveal its true magic.
Oxymoron: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2025/03/29/paradox-v-oxymoron/
Example: A young physician investor can invest less money over a longer period of time than an older investor who invests more money over a shorter period and ends up with more in the end. Compounding returns grow exponentially, making time more than an ally – but a force of the universe driving growth. Time is certainly our ally in investing, but you’ll kick yourself wishing you had invested earlier when you witness compounding after a few years (or a decade).
Investing Paradox: https://medicalexecutivepost.com/2024/12/22/financial-planning-investing-paradoxes/
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