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How to grow your money
There's more than one way — investing in stocks and funds, putting money into real estate, or learning from people who've done both. Below is a look at one of the simplest ones: what happens when you let time and compounding do the work.
The power of compounding
Compounding is what happens when your investment earnings start earning their own returns. Instead of just growing the money you put in, your account grows the growth too — so the longer it sits, the faster it builds. This is the power of compounding.
| Annual return | $1,000 invested at 21, by age 65 |
|---|---|
| 5% | $8,557 |
| 7% | $19,626 |
| 10% | $66,264 |
| 15% | $468,565 |
| 18% | $1,454,850 |
Based on a single $1,000 deposit left untouched for 44 years, compounded annually with no further contributions, for illustrative purposes. Actual returns vary and aren't guaranteed — this is here to show the shape of compounding, not a prediction.
What if you also contributed $500 a year?
Same account, same starting $1,000 — but now adding $500 every year on top of it. Here's what that same account becomes by age 65.
| Annual return | $1,000 + $500/year, by age 65 |
|---|---|
| 5% | $84,124 |
| 7% | $152,701 |
| 10% | $392,584 |
| 15% | $2,027,028 |
| 18% | $5,493,322 |
Same assumptions as above, plus a $500 contribution added at the end of each year for 44 years, for illustrative purposes. Actual returns vary and aren't guaranteed.
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