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To estimate the number of periods required to double an original investment, divide the most convenient "rule-quantity" by the expected growth rate, expressed as a percentage. For instance, if you were to invest $100 with compounding interest at a rate of 9% per annum, the rule of 72 gives 72/9 = 8 years required for the investment to be worth ...
To approximate how long it takes for money to double at a given interest rate, that is, for accumulated compound interest to reach or exceed the initial deposit, divide 72 by the percentage interest rate. For example, compounding at an annual interest rate of 6 percent, it will take 72/6 = 12 years for the money to double.
0.7974% effective monthly interest rate, because 1.007974 12 =1.1; 9.569% annual interest rate compounded monthly, because 12×0.7974=9.569; 9.091% annual rate in advance, because (1.1-1)÷1.1=0.09091; These rates are all equivalent, but to a consumer who is not trained in the mathematics of finance, this can be confusing. APR helps to ...
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It gives the interest on 100 lire, for rates from 1% to 8%, for up to 20 years. [3] The Summa de arithmetica of Luca Pacioli (1494) gives the Rule of 72, stating that to find the number of years for an investment at compound interest to double, one should divide the interest rate into 72.
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Rates on a 15-year mortgage stand at an average 5.57% for purchase and 5.54% for refinance, up 16 basis points from 5.41% for purchase and 10 basis points from 5.44% for refinance this time last week.
This is a reasonable approximation if the compounding is daily. Also, a nominal interest rate and its corresponding APY are very nearly equal when they are small. For example (fixing some large N), a nominal interest rate of 100% would have an APY of approximately 171%, whereas 5% corresponds to 5.12%, and 1% corresponds to 1.005%.