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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Investor Alley => Topic started by: heybro on April 27, 2018, 02:39:28 AM
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Ever play around with the compound interest calculators?
If you put $100,000 in the stock market TODAY and let it sit for 30 years, at 8 percent, it will be a million dollars!
What little amount can do so much!
It seems you are either asset building and letting interest work for you -or- you are going in to debt and letting interest bury you.
I get so surprised by these interest calculators every time! haha.
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Yes. Interestingly, for ER people, you don't have it compounding as long. But that's what blows my mind. How anyone working for 30+ years isn't worth ~$1M. It only takes like $10k/yr!!!
Also, I'd recommend getting familiar with Excel or Google Sheets for compound interest calculations. Read about the PV, FV, and PMT functions. I keep a random excel document open most of the time for handy back-of-the-envelope thinking type problems. Loads of fun!
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But that's what blows my mind. How anyone working for 30+ years isn't worth ~$1M. It only takes like $10k/yr!!!
EXACTLY! wow! yes!
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How anyone working for 30+ years isn't worth ~$1M. It only takes like $10k/yr!!!
The opening post implies $100K is invested from Day One of the 30 year period. $10K invested per year, starting from $0, probably will take more time to reach $1M.
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How anyone working for 30+ years isn't worth ~$1M. It only takes like $10k/yr!!!
The opening post implies $100K is invested from Day One of the 30 year period. $10K invested per year, starting from $0, probably will take more time to reach $1M.
Assuming one starts with $0, invests $10k at the end of each year, and gets a return of 7%, I calculate that one would have ~$945k at the end of year 30, and $1.021M at the end of year 31 (and since you didn't invest until the end of year 1, that's $1+M from investing $10k/year for 30 years).
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How anyone working for 30+ years isn't worth ~$1M. It only takes like $10k/yr!!!
The opening post implies $100K is invested from Day One of the 30 year period. $10K invested per year, starting from $0, probably will take more time to reach $1M.
Open Excel
A1 =-FV(0.07,30,0,100000)
A2 =-FV(0.08,30,0,100000)
A3 =-PMT(0.07,30,0,1000000)
A1 is $100k at 7% for 30 years.
A2 is $100k at 8% for 30 years.
A3 is how much per year to get $1M at 7% after 30 years.