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Road to $1 million

Your age and what you can put in each week. Cherry works out when it could reach $1 million if you invest it, and what gets you there sooner.

Cherry's tip: Start now, even if it's small. Your first years of investing grow the longest, so waiting costs more than you think.

On track · Cherry's take

Your road to $1 million.

Your numbers

7% a year is a common long-term planning guess for a broad index fund. It is never guaranteed: some years the market falls 30% or more.

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    Cherry's moves

      A guide to how compounding works, not financial advice and not a promise. Real investments go up and down, and this assumes you keep investing through the bad years. Under 18, a parent or guardian opens the account (often called a custodial account).Use a low-cost account, and check your country's tax-free retirement accounts. Your numbers stay on this device.

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