Jim Hitt Explains The Basics of Compounding with a Self-Directed IRA in Response to Recent Report
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 07, 2016 -- With compound interest being one of the most important financial concepts in the arena of retirement and Self-Directed IRAs, it came as a shock recently when recent research out of George Washington University revealed that only about a third of Americans actually understand how compounding works.
Compound interest is a simple concept, which is that your investments, given enough time, don’t just stack up by a fixed amount every year. As your retirement investments grow larger, the same percentage becomes an even larger portion of growth.
“Think of it like a snowball rolling down a hill,” says Jim Hitt, CEO of American IRA in Asheville, North Carolina. “At first, the snowball won’t look very big. But the more the ball rolls, the larger it gets. And the larger it gets, the more snow it can gather.”
Compound interest has the effect of making investments grow by substantial amounts over time, even with humble beginnings. For example, assuming a 10% rate of return over fifty years, a single, one-time investment of $1,000 would become well over $100,000 for retirement. Contribute that same amount for the same fifty years and it will be well over a million.
“What people need to understand is this: a slight change in compound interest adds up to major changes over time,” says Jim Hitt. “If you can reduce your tax burden legally, you can stand to gain a lot in the long-run. That’s why so many investors flock to Self-Directed accounts like Roth IRAs and Self-Directed 401(k)’s.”
When a single percentage point can change an individual's retirement destiny, making the most of their accounts becomes all the more important.
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