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Compound Interest Lab

A line and a curve, drawn from the same deposit. Drag the principal, the rate, the years. Watch how much of your future balance is the deposit, and how much is interest doing its quiet work.

Compound Interest Lab
Balance over time Curves of account balance over time for several compounding strategies, with a draggable year scrubber.
Continuous
$0.00
year 0

Inputs

$1,000
$100$100,000
5.0%
0%15%
10 yr
1 yr40 yr
12 /yr