Comments on: Compound Interest and Stock Market Investing https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/ Money Saving, Making Money, and Investment Ideas Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:50:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.23 By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-11059 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:58:36 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-11059 Jon,

I don’t think I fully appreciated how much compounding can really do for you until recently. It really is a pretty tough concept to get across to many of us!

]]> By: Jon @ Money Smart Guides https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-11034 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:50:53 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-11034 I agree with DivHut above. Most people see that compounding is only earning them a few cents in the beginning. If they can learn to see the impact of compounding as their balances increases, it might motivate them to save more so they can take advantage of the increased speed of compounding sooner.

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-10657 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:46:44 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-10657 Thanks DivHut – I agree with you 100%. Most folks lose patience and never make it to the end points on those graphs!

]]> By: DivHut https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-10655 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 07:17:43 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-10655 I think the concept of compounding is lost on many people because for most of us the effects of interest and computing is very small initially. The best friend of compounding is time and that’s where the real magic of compounding comes into play. Great examples and nice charts too to illustrate what happens over time to an initial investment.

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-10646 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:23:39 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-10646 Sarah,

Thanks for stopping by! Glad you liked the charts 🙂

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-10645 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 23:23:10 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-10645 The simplest answer is usually correct – they don’t want you to know because then you won’t be a “worker” at their companies!

]]> By: Sarah https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-10644 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:52:31 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-10644 Great read!! I love seeing via charts exactly how awesome compound interest is. My husband and I have always had 401(k) plans but just recently started investing in mutual funds. Thanks for the post!!

]]> By: Myles Money https://www.moneyahoy.com/compound-interest-stock-market-investing/#comment-10642 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:20:51 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2597#comment-10642 If they only taught kids one thing in financial literacy classes, it should be compound interest: why it is neglected is beyond me. Compound interest alone is sufficient reason to invest (to see the compounded returns) AND to stay out of debt or to pay it off quickly (to avoid compounded interest on the debt).

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