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

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

81.9% of periods ended in profit. Best start: Apr 1988 (3.5× what was paid in). Worst start: Feb 1999 (0.6× what was paid in).

Q: Monthly plan or all at once?

Monthly plan: $5,458. All at the start: $6,200. 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 $5,458 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	$1,476$1,500 paid in	$2,729$3,000 paid in	$9,933$6,000 paid in
$50 a month	$2,953$3,000 paid in	$5,458$6,000 paid in	$19,866$12,000 paid in
$100 a month	$5,905$6,000 paid in	$10,917$12,000 paid in	$39,732$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).

81.9%

of periods ended in profit

Best start

Apr 1988

3.5× what was paid in

Worst start

Feb 1999

0.6× 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

$5,458

All at the start

$6,200

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.