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Which of the following are not tax-sheltered investments you can use to compound interest?
Municipal bonds. Tax-deferred retirement plans and deferred annuities provide compounding interest, but municipal bonds pay only simple interest. However, you can get the effect of compound interest with a municipal bond fund if you reinvest the dividends.
2.
The Rule of 72 states that if you divide 72 by a given interest rate, you will learn how many years it will take for an investment to double. How long would it take for an investment with an interest rate of 4% to double?
18 years. Dividing 72 by 4 gives you 18.
3.
Compound interest is _______.
Interest paid on both interest earned and principal. Because of the way compound interest works, your earnings grow faster than they would by simple interest alone.
4.
The longer an investment is allowed to compound interest, the higher its return will be.
True. Although time wont affect the actual rate of return, the return itself will grow, and it will grow much larger than it would from simple interest.
5.
By investing often while you earn compound interest, you can increase your total return. This is possible because frequent investing increases your _______.
Principal. Frequent investing adds to the size of your principal, thus magnifying your return.