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133 Years $5,000 invested at 4% interest compounded annually, where interest earned is reinvested, will have grown to $1,000,000 in 135 years (133 years, as stated above, with monthly compounding). Will whomever inherits this money 135 years from now be as wealthy, in terms of buying power, as is a millionaire today? Probably nothing like it. Monetary inflation (an increase in the money supply, which dilutes the value of money) offsets gains. Its effect is insidious. There have been many years recently with an inflation rate of 4% or above. So guess what? $5,000 invested for 135 years or 50 years or any length of time where the inflation rate equals the interest rate will never have more than $5,000 in buying power, regardless of the digits after the dollar sign. In fact, with an inflation rate of only 1%, the time it takes for $5,000 to grow to a million dollars in buying power extends to 182 years.

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