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zrhodes
Jul 3, 2007, 05:54 PM
John Roberts has $42,180.53 in a brokerage account, and he plans to contribute an additional $5,000 to the account at the end of every year. The brokerage account has an expected annual return of 12 percent. If John’s goal is to accumulate $250,000 in the account, how many years will it take for John to reach his goal?

imann
Jul 5, 2007, 11:07 AM
John Roberts has $42,180.53 in a brokerage account, and he plans to contribute an additional $5,000 to the account at the end of every year. The brokerage account has an expected annual return of 12 percent. If John’s goal is to accumulate $250,000 in the account, how many years will it take for John to reach his goal?
I calculate that it will take him 11 years not considering inflation or taxes. I used my Quicken financial calculator to come up with this number.