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Fact of the day

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Today's fact

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The Latte Factor

Skip your $5 daily coffee, invest the difference, retire rich, or so the story goes. The reality: small savings matter less than big wins. Negotiating your salary up by $5,000 beats skipping lattes for years. Focus on increasing income and controlling the three big expenses: housing, transport, food.

Source Bach, D. (1999). The Automatic Millionaire. (and its critics)

Quick quiz

What does the 'Latte Factor' critique actually tell us about building wealth?

About the fact of the day

Where do the facts come from?

Each one is a lesson from the Scroll app, shown as it appears there, with the book, paper or record it's based on printed underneath.

Does everyone see the same fact?

Yes. The fact changes at midnight in your time zone, and everyone on the same date sees the same one. The pool has 120 lessons from eight topics, so a fact comes round again about every four months.

Can I get a new fact every day on my phone?

The Scroll app has a daily feed of lessons like this one, with five free each day and a reminder at the time you choose.

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