{"id":10157,"date":"2018-01-05T14:01:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T12:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bondora.com\/blog\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2018-01-05T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T12:01:24","slug":"the-miracle-that-is-compound-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/blog\/the-miracle-that-is-compound-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"The miracle that is compound interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Compound interest. Its name alone does not express the value that this can provide and how it is arguably the most important factor in determining the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goandgrow.eu\/en\/investment-opportunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">your future investments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10161 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goandgrow.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vacation-beach-e1515153137841.jpg\" alt=\"compound interest - vacation beach\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What is compound interest?<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\">Recently, we talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goandgrow.eu\/blog\/achieving-financial-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">setting a long term goal of generating a monthly income<\/a> from your investments. This sounds like a pipedream to most people and that\u2019s why it\u2019s first of all important that you realize that this is tangibly possible. The power of compound interest (earning interest on interest that you have already received) means that by taking a long term view with your investments you open the doors to a huge potential increase on your monthly cash flow and initial investment.<\/p>\n<h2>Let\u2019s take a look at an example.<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\">The table below provided by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecalculatorsite.com\/finance\/calculators\/compoundinterestcalculator.php#compoundinterval\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calculator Site<\/a> shows just how powerful compound interest can be, showing an initial deposit of \u20ac10,000, a regular deposit of \u20ac200 per month and an interest rate of 9% per annum \u2013 after 5 years the annual interest you receive will be more than your annual deposits.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goandgrow.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/deposits-compounding-interest1-e1515153252829.png\" alt=\"Compound interest deposits\" width=\"550\" height=\"159\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Now let\u2019s say you\u2019re a smart investor and you have an ultra-long term view, e.g. for your retirement. Based again on a \u20ac10,000 starting investment and a regular deposit of \u20ac200 per month over 30 years. We will only include years 20 \u2013 30 below, but you can do the same calculation yourself on the Calculator Site if you want to see it in more detail.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10167 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goandgrow.eu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/deposits-compounding-interest2-e1515153317884.png\" alt=\"deposits - compound interest\" width=\"550\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Incredible. So 30 years down the line your initial deposit of \u20ac10,000 and monthly deposits of \u20ac200 are now generating you an annual income of <strong>\u20ac44,174.45<\/strong> in interest alone, not to mention the fact that you\u2019ve <strong>saved over half a million euros<\/strong> and you\u2019ve accumulated a total of <strong>\u20ac434,200.57<\/strong> in interest.<\/p>\n<h2>Don\u2019t wait, start now.<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\">So, we\u2019ve seen how it IS possible for your money to generate a significant monthly income for you, quite literally while you sleep and leave it to go to work for you. One of the biggest regrets we hear from seasoned investors is \u2018I wish I\u2019d started earlier\u2019, and now you know why.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goandgrow.eu\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Start today with Bondora<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compound interest. Its name alone does not express the value that this can provide and how it is arguably the most important factor in determining the success of your future investments. What is compound interest? Recently, we talked about setting a long term goal of generating a monthly income from your investments. This sounds like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bondora-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image":null,"categories_names":["News"],"category_name":"News","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}