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Future Value of a Regular Investment

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George L Smyth

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January 5th, 2023

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Amount of regular purchases	$
Expected percentage increase	%
Number of purchases per year
Number of years
Future Value	$

This program determines the future value of a regular investment. For instance, if you make regular purchases of $100, expect to return 5% on them, make 12 purchases per year, over the course of 20 years, you should end up with $41,103.37.

Enter all information, with the exception of the Future Value, then click the Calculate button. The Future Value will be calculated and displayed.

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George L Smyth

George has been investing in stocks since 1992 and founded DripInvesting.org, the foremost authority on dividend investing (acquired in 2022 by Moneyzine). He began his investing journey late, realising he was behind in saving money for retirement and seeing an oncoming threat of college expenses for his two children. What seemed destined for failure was soon followed by success upon realising the advantages of long-term dividend investing. Aside from DripInvesting.org, George has held a role as a weekly contributing author at The Motley Fool, writing numerous articles about dividend investing.