Investing money is a way to make your money work for you. In general, you can make more money if: you have a higher interest rate or “rate of return” on your investment. you invest over a long period of time. you continue to put more money in your investment. Which type of investment will grow the most money in the long run? Plug your own investment number into our chart and see how many dollars you can sprout! (scroll down so the whole chart is in your browser window) How much do you want to invest? $   Note: You may whole numbers like '1000' or decimal numbers like '75.50' Please do not use commas, as in '1,000' All results below are rounded to the nearest whole number.

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