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

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

100.0% of periods ended in profit. Best start: Jun 2008 (23× what was paid in). Worst start: Oct 2016 (1.9× what was paid in).

Q: Monthly plan or all at once?

Monthly plan: $11,119. All at the start: $34,400. 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 $11,119 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	$2,045$1,500 paid in	$5,560$3,000 paid in	$215,004$6,000 paid in
$50 a month	$4,089$3,000 paid in	$11,119$6,000 paid in	$430,007$12,000 paid in
$100 a month	$8,179$6,000 paid in	$22,238$12,000 paid in	$860,014$24,000 paid in

How often did a 10-year plan pay off?

We calculated every possible 10-year period since May 2002 (174 start months).

100.0%

of periods ended in profit

Best start

Jun 2008

23× what was paid in

Worst start

Oct 2016

1.9× what was paid in

Typical (median): 10.1× 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

$11,119

All at the start

$34,400

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.