This is enlightening and an eye-opener for me even though I got lost in the part about the worth of a car 5 years ago/10 years later and all vis-a-vis the investment risk. Not so good with math but I get it. I think the reluctance to take risks has to do with our perception of investments generally. This quote stood out for me —
...most should know, idle money is, losing money.
I couldn't agree more. 🙂
It might not have been the best way to express the numbers, but if you read slow, you can probably sketch it out. It is worth building mental representations of concepts, as they can be used as basic rules to follow.