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Compound Interest Calculator
Project investment growth from a starting balance, recurring contributions, annual return, compounding frequency, and contribution increases.
Investment plan
Growth assumptions
Balance over time
Yearly growth
Growth mix
Year-by-year projection
| Year | Deposits | Interest | Year-end balance | Interest share |
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Interpret your compound interest estimate
The future balance shows what the account could grow to if the return, contributions, compounding frequency, and timing assumptions stay constant.
Inputs that matter most
- Starting balance: money that begins compounding immediately.
- Monthly contribution: new money added throughout the projection.
- Annual return: the constant rate used for the projection.
- Years to grow: longer timelines give compounding more room to work.
Common mistakes
- Treating a constant return as a market forecast.
- Ignoring taxes, fees, and inflation when comparing future dollars.
- Forgetting that contribution timing changes how long each deposit compounds.
- Assuming a high return without testing lower-return scenarios.
When this estimate can be misleading
This estimate can be misleading for volatile investments, taxable accounts, accounts with fees, or plans where contributions will change more than the yearly increase entered.
Scenarios to try
- Lower the annual return to see a conservative case.
- Increase monthly contributions to test a higher savings rate.
- Try shorter and longer timelines to see how time affects interest earned.
- Add a yearly contribution increase to model raising savings over time.
Next-step calculators
How to use this compound interest calculator
Estimate how savings or investments may grow with recurring contributions and compound returns.
- Enter your current balance and the amount you plan to add each month.
- Set the annual return, number of years, compounding frequency, and contribution timing.
- Add a yearly contribution increase if you expect to raise your monthly contribution over time.
- Review the future balance, interest earned, charts, and year-by-year projection.
Compound Interest Calculator features
- Project compound growth from a starting balance and monthly contributions.
- Compare daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual compounding.
- Choose beginning-of-month or end-of-month contribution timing.
- Model yearly contribution increases.
- See total deposits, interest earned, growth multiple, and interest share.
- Visualize balance growth against total deposits.
- Chart yearly contributions and interest earned.
- Inspect a year-by-year projection table.
What compound interest shows
Compound interest means returns can earn returns. Over long timelines, that can make the interest portion of the final balance much larger than the amount deposited.
The chart compares total deposits with the projected balance so you can see when compounding starts doing more of the work.
Small changes to return, time, and monthly contributions can have a large effect, so it is useful to test multiple scenarios instead of relying on one estimate.
Compound interest formula
The calculator converts the annual return and selected compounding frequency into an effective monthly growth rate, then simulates each month of deposits and interest.
r_m = (1 + r / n)^{n / 12} - 1
r is the annual return and n is the number of compounding periods per year.
Compound interest calculator FAQ
Does this include taxes or fees?
No. This calculator shows a simple pre-tax, pre-fee projection. For taxable or fee-heavy accounts, reduce the annual return to approximate those costs.
Why does contribution timing matter?
A beginning-of-month contribution is invested for one extra month compared with an end-of-month contribution, so it earns slightly more interest over time.
Is the annual return guaranteed?
No. The annual return is an assumption for planning. Real investments can rise, fall, and compound unevenly from year to year.
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