Compound interest is a snowball.
€1,000 at 5% a year, for example:
After 10 years: about €1,600.
After 20 years: about €2,700.
After 30 years: about €4,300.
Each year's interest joins the pot and earns interest too. Time does most of the work.
Real returns go up and down. This only shows the idea.
How many years could your money have?
Education, not investment advice.
Read the sheet as text
Title: How Compound Interest Works
Highlight: Compound Interest
Subtitle: Each year's interest earns interest too.
Frame title: €1,000 at 5% a Year, for Example
Part 1: Year 0. the start. €1,000.
Part 2: Year 10. +€600. €1,600.
Part 3: Year 20. +€1,100. €2,700.
Part 4: Year 30. +€1,600. €4,300.
Example: Same 5%, Bigger Jumps. €1,000 → €4,300 after 30 years, with no money added.
Note: Example rate, not a forecast. Rounded to the nearest €100.
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