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AMD savings plan: what would your monthly amount be worth?

Q: How often did a 10-year plan pay off?

67.5% of periods ended in profit. Best start: Nov 2011 (27.7× what was paid in). Worst start: Dec 1998 (0.2× what was paid in).

Q: Monthly plan or all at once?

Monthly plan: $98,768. All at the start: $425,145. When prices rise, investing everything at once usually wins. A monthly plan spreads the risk of a bad entry over many points in time.

With $50 a month since Nov 2016 you'd have $98,768 today, having paid in $6,000.

Nov 2016Oct 2026

Savings plan table

Monthly amount and time frame, each calculated up to today.

	5 years	10 years	20 years
$25 a month	$7,357$1,500 paid in	$49,384$3,000 paid in	$494,062$6,000 paid in
$50 a month	$14,715$3,000 paid in	$98,768$6,000 paid in	$988,125$12,000 paid in
$100 a month	$29,429$6,000 paid in	$197,536$12,000 paid in	$1,976,250$24,000 paid in

How often did a 10-year plan pay off?

We calculated every possible 10-year period since Jan 1985 (382 start months).

67.5%

of periods ended in profit

Best start

Nov 2011

27.7× what was paid in

Worst start

Dec 1998

0.2× what was paid in

Typical (median): 1.6× what was paid in

Monthly plan or all at once?

Same money over the last 10 years: $6,000 either spread monthly or invested at the start.

Monthly plan

$98,768

All at the start

$425,145

When prices rise, investing everything at once usually wins. A monthly plan spreads the risk of a bad entry over many points in time.

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Values in USD, month-start prices, excluding dividends, costs and taxes. Past performance is no guarantee.