Basic tips on investing and building wealth. Investing Turn Change into Big Bucks Wealth depends more on discipline than it does on luck, says financial counselor Eric Tyson. Here are some tips on building wealth from Tyson, author of Investing For Dummies and Mutual Funds for Dummies. Saving is a prerequisite to investing.
Rewards take risk.
Be realistic . Don't expect growth of 20 percent or more from the stock market. Over the long term, count on 10 percent a year. Go for the long haul. Spread it around.