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What The Rich Know About Investing That You Don't

October 22, 20251 min read

Accumulation of real wealth doesn't happen by accident. And the rich usually don't get that way by chasing hot IPOs or mastering day trading. Rather, they build bases of durable assets by following fundamental, disciplined, and boring rules and habits.

This may take some of the sparkle out of the magic of striking it rich in the market. But it's actually good news. The core strategies the wealthy use aren't some code known only to an ultra-secret club. Nor do they require you to be wealthy already to leverage them.

The difference between how the wealthy invest and how most retail investors invest isn't the tools. It's how those tools are used.

Here are seven rules, habits, and behaviors you can borrow from the wealthy to grow your portfolio right now.

This post originally appeared at Kiplinger.

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