Category Archives: money

Ah, compound interest… 0

Let’s say, theoretically speaking, that I could contribute $4,000 per year to a Roth IRA that has a 100% allocation of investments in the S&P 500 index.  OK.  According to this post at the Get Rich Slowly blog, the S&P 500 has averaged long-term returns of 10% annually since the thirties.  I made a little [...]