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Number of Years to Accumulate Balance

Number of Years to Accumulate Balance

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Number of Years to Accumulate Balance

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Example #1

A client currently has $100,000 in their account and is making monthly deposits of $500, increasing by 2.5% per year. They are earning 7% per year. How many years will it take for the account to grow to $1,000,000?

Data Entry

Use the following values for the prompts:


Prompt

Value


Type of Fund

Future Value


Current Account Value

100000


Type of Deposits

Annual Increasing by a %


# of Deposits/Year

12


Amount of Each Deposit

500


Deposits Made at

End of Period


Annual Increase in Deposit

2.5


Interest Rate

7


# of Years

Do not enter value


Future Value

1000000

Place the cursor on the # of Years prompt and click on the 'Calculate Cursor Line' button.

Result

The account will grow to one million dollars in 24.5409 years.

Example #2

How many years would it take if they quit making deposits today?

Data Entry

Enter a zero ('0') for Amount of Each Deposit.

Results

The # of Years recalculates to 34.0322 years.