7 Tips to Increase Your Savings Rate

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As investors looking for financial success and even financial independence, there are really only two levers we can control.

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One is fees, and much has been made about the low-cost index fund approach to investing. The other is your savings rate. The more you put away, the less you depend on the market return to do the heavy lifting for you.

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In this post, originally published on White Coat Investor, we look at savings rates and how to maintain them at a high level.

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7 Ways to Increase Your Savings Rate

#1 Make More Money

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#2 Minimize Fixed Expenses

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