Everyone should be saving for their own personal retirement.... By saving more now, getting a great interest rate, and letting it grow over time, makes a small amount today grow into a very significant amount tomorrow.
Say you invest $5,000 in a retirement account (no taxes taken out) with compound interest, and then add $100 every month, for the next 20 years. Here’s what you would end up with after 20 years, at different interest rates, with “Compounding Magic” at work.
Interest Rate | Value at 20 Years |
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5 | $54,800 |
10 | $113,100 |
15 | $249,600 |
20 | $577,500 |
25 | $1,379,500 |
30 | $3,364,400 |