THE MATH
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Type in your own numbers and see what compound interest turns them into over time.
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YOU PUT IN
$185,000
COMPOUNDING ADDED
$465,568
PROJECTED TOTAL
$650,568
GROWTH SHARE
72%
Growth from compoundingYour contributions
Year 10: compounding starts out-earning you.
That's the year your money makes more in growth than you put in with your own contributions, for the first time. Every year after that, it does more of the work than you do.
Put money in early and leave it alone, and growth ends up doing more of the work than your own contributions. Talk about it with people doing the same thing.
Illustrative only. Assumes a constant annual return, which markets never actually give you — real returns vary year to year. Not financial advice.