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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Power Of Compound Interest – An Illustration

A family member of mine has finally decided to put in monthly investments in an equity fund. She started this January 2011 and chose Philequity Fund.

Actually, she has made initial investments last year but failed to be persistent in investing regularly. 

I do understand her situation since she is a new wife and mother so her family is just recovering from major family-related expenses. Any newly-married couple can relate to her.

But for the new year, she finally decided to ACT and INVEST REGULARLY.  And she called me to tell the good news!  She will put in Php 3,000.00 monthly to her equity fund and issued post-dated checks for the rest of the year.

I am so happy for her!  She is finally realizing her goal to become a multi-millionaire someday by letting her money work for her. 

I would like  to show a chart that will illustrate the value of her Php 3,000.00 monthly investments in the years to come.  I showed the same chart to her during one of our sharings on investments and financial freedom.

Year
Age
Future Value Of Investment at 12% per Annum*
Future Value Of Investment at 15% per Annum*
2011
30
         36,000.00
         36,000.00
2012
31
         80,640.00
         82,800.00
2013
32
       130,636.80
       136,620.00
2014
33
       186,633.22
       198,513.00
2015
34
       249,349.20
       269,689.95
2016
35
       319,591.11
       351,543.44
2017
36
       398,262.04
       445,674.96
2018
37
       486,373.48
       553,926.20
2019
38
       585,058.30
       678,415.13
2020
39
       695,585.30
       821,577.40
2021
40
       819,375.53
       986,214.01
2022
41
       958,020.60
     1,175,546.12
2023
42
     1,113,303.07
     1,393,278.03
2024
43
     1,287,219.44
     1,643,669.74
2025
44
     1,482,005.77
     1,931,620.20
2026
45
     1,700,166.46
     2,262,763.23
2027
46
     1,944,506.44
     2,643,577.71
2028
47
     2,218,167.21
     3,081,514.37
2029
48
     2,524,667.28
     3,585,141.52
2030
49
     2,867,947.35
     4,164,312.75
2031
50
     3,252,421.03
     4,830,359.67
2032
51
     3,642,711.55
     5,554,913.62
2033
52
     4,079,836.94
     6,388,150.66
2034
53
     4,569,417.37
     7,346,373.26
2035
54
     5,117,747.46
     8,448,329.25
2036
55
     5,731,877.15
     9,715,578.63
2037
56
     6,419,702.41
   11,172,915.43
2038
57
     7,190,066.70
   12,848,852.74
2039
58
     8,052,874.71
   14,776,180.65
2040
59
     9,019,219.67
   16,992,607.75
2041
60
   10,101,526.03
   19,541,498.92
2042
61
   11,313,709.15
   22,472,723.75
2043
62
   12,671,354.25
   25,843,632.32
2044
63
   14,191,916.76
   29,720,177.16
2045
64
   15,894,946.78
   34,178,203.74
2046
65
   17,802,340.39
   39,304,934.30

*Annual return of 12% and 15% per annum.  P 36,000 per year until she’s 
50 years old.  Projected returns are not guaranteed.  The fund can perform 
well in some years and poorly in others.  Historical performance is not indicative 
of future performance.  The figures presented here are for illustration only, 
with assumptions on the rate of return that can be achieved by the fund over the 
long term.


That is assuming she will only invest Php 3,000.00 per month but as she gets older and continues to climb the corporate ladder, she will be able to earn more and hopefully, invest more, thus, increasing her potential returns.

Congratulations and may you continue to ride this journey!

My sister and I...Cheers!

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