High Yield Saving Account Calculator

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Future value
7,945.36
Compound Interest Calculator
Total you put in
7,000.00
Of which contributions
6,000.00
Compound interest earned
945.36
Effective annual yield (APY)
4.5000 %
Equivalent nominal annual rate
4.409771 %
Multiple of what you put in
1.1351
Balance after tax on interest
7,945.36
Future value in today's money
7,945.36
Years for the balance to double
15.75
Average interest a year
189.07
Average interest a month
15.76
Worked out from Compound interest formula A = P(1 + r/n)^(nt), and the future value of an annuity FV = PMT[((1+i)^N - 1)/i] and 3 other sources.

How this is worked out

6 steps
  1. The 4.5% quoted is an APY, so the nominal rate behind it is 12 x ((1 + 4.5%)^(1/12) - 1) = 4.409771%.
  2. Rate per compounding period = 4.409771% / 12 compounding monthly (12 a year).
  3. Effective annual yield = (1 + r/n)^n - 1 = 4.5%.
  4. 100 added monthly (end of period) over 5 years totals 6000.
  5. Future value after 5 years = 7945.36, of which 945.36 is compound interest on 7000 paid in.
  6. At this yield the balance doubles every ln(2)/ln(1+i) = 15.75 years.
Year-by-year balancetable
yearcontributionsinterestbalance
11,20069.552,269.55
21,200126.683,596.24
31,200186.384,982.62
41,200248.776,431.39
51,200313.977,945.36

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