The Power of Compound Interest

Compound interest literally makes your money multiply itself while you sleep.

Imagine you save just 100 dollars monthly starting at age 20 with a 4% return.

By 65, you'd have 151,550 dollars. Your twin waits until 50,

saves way more per month, but only ends up with 132,147 dollars. That's the insane

power of starting early. :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/COMPOUNDINTERESTFINALJPEGcopy-f248781269194135aa6044e088de7af9.jpg) Here's what's terrifying: compound interest

works both ways. That credit card debt? It's growing exponentially against you every

single day. The minimum payment trap keeps you feeding the monster. But flip it around.

Put that same 100 bucks into a high-yield savings account or index fund instead. Your money earns