📈 Compound Interest Calculator

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Enter your starting principal, annual return, time horizon, compounding frequency, and optional monthly contributions to project the future value of an investment or savings account. Includes a year-by-year balance breakdown.

Estimate only — not financial advice. Real returns vary and are not guaranteed.

How to use

  1. Enter your starting principal — the amount you have today.
  2. Enter the expected annual return as a percent (historical S&P 500 average is ~7% real, ~10% nominal).
  3. Enter the time horizon in years.
  4. Pick the compounding frequency: yearly, monthly, or daily. Most index funds compound continuously — monthly is a close approximation.
  5. Optionally add a monthly contribution. Click Calculate.

Formula: FV = P(1 + r/m)m·t + C · ((1 + r/m)m·t − 1) / (r/m), where P is principal, r is the annual rate, m is compounding periods per year, t is years, and C is the periodic contribution converted to the compounding period.

Inflation, taxes, and fees are not modeled. A 7% nominal return at 3% inflation is roughly a 4% real return — the future balance will buy less than today's purchasing power suggests.