Quote from: teosanru on October 01, 2019, 09:59:34 AM

Quote from: Silverstone1111 on November 09, 2017, 06:04:23 AM

I am recently watching videos about investing and financial freedom. I usually hear people like Tony Robbins say that compound interest is such a great thing. It is a wise way to invest your money for a long period of time. I have heard it from several others as well. But I have no idea which investments give us compound interest. I was hoping if you guys know about it and I would be very happy to be educated about it. I am in my early 20s and want to make right decisions for secure and prosperous present and future. I would really appreciate your words and advises. Thanks

Compound Interest is nothing but Interest earned on reinvesting the interest already earned. Sounds complicated?? Suppose you have $100 in your pocket and you decide to invest it into a bank. Bank gives you 8% interest per annum compounded annually. Now, the thing is at the end of first year you would have $110 as you have earned 10% interest. Now you decide to let the money stay as it is and reinvest it. Now the bank would give you interest @10% on $110 because that is your new principal at start of year. So the interest will be $11 instead of $10. This is the compounding effect. This effect grows as the time duration grows. Every investment can give you compounding effect if you don't en-cash your earnings and use it somewhere else. Best investments using compound effect are Mutual funds, shares etc.

It is not complicated at all but our school system don't teach us how it works. Compound interest is one of the most powerful tools that investors have in their own hands. But I just can't agree with you on shares. The only situation where shares can give you possibility to start compounding is if you're investing in dividend bearing stocks