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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
Adam Auriemma

How ditching the homeownership dream allowed this finance coach to retire early

A woman with curly blonde-highlighted hair smiles at the camera from above, sitting on colorful painted tiles
Delyanne Barros is a champion of low-cost, slow-and-steady index fund investing. Photograph: Delyanne Barros

Delyanne Barros got a late start with investing. She was 37 years old before she knew a thing about index funds or the power of compound interest.

“I mean, I started contributing to a 401(k) when I was 28, but I thought it was a savings account,” she says. “I did not understand that it had anything to do with the stock market.”

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