When to Start Saving
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 So, if Micheale were to save as much as $ 1380, and start saving at 23, the following will be the result.
AgeBeginning BalanceYearly ContributionInterest at 8%Closing Balance
23013801101490
24149013802303100
25310013803584838
26483813804976716
27671613806488744
288744138081010933
2910933138098513299
30132991380117415853
31158530126817121
32171210137018491
33184910147919970
34199700159821568
35215680172523293
36232930186325156
37251560201327169
38271690217429342
39293420234731690
40316900253534225
41342250273836963
42369630295739920
43399200319443114
44431140344946563
45465630372550288
46502880402354311
47543110434558656
48586560469263348
49633480506868416
50684160547373889
51738890591179801
52798010638486185
53861850689593079
549307907446100526
5510052608042108568
5610856808685117253
5711725309380126633
58126633010131136764
59136764010941147705
60147705011816159522
61159522012762172283
62172283013783186066
63186066014885200951
64200951016076217027
            Please note in the above table, there was no Yearly contribution was made after age 30, yet , Micheale gets what, he wants,($200000) at age 65, as a result of compounding of his early savings. So, if he had started early, with the same amount at age 23, he would have reached his goal, with savings from just 8 years, so a delay of 10 years meant, contributing yearly for 32 years(65-33)!
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