Comments on: Understanding the rule of 72: a popular rule that has little practical value http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:33:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hannah Heitshusen http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-4023 Hannah Heitshusen Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:58:48 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/#comment-4023 The rule of 72 is great for investments in which case you don't add any more money and is vey easy to use. It is better than using the expontential growth! And you can find the time it takes to double a lot quicker. The rule of 72 is great for investments in which case you don’t add any more money and is vey easy to use. It is better than using the expontential growth! And you can find the time it takes to double a lot quicker.

]]> By: Sack full of marbles http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 Sack full of marbles Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:50:05 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/#comment-4022 This rule is somewhat relevant but it would not be that great for real life situations most peoople dont leave things in a savings account without adding to it and this rule is irrelavent if that is the case it only works if you dont add any money to the account over the doubling period This rule is somewhat relevant but it would not be that great for real life situations most peoople dont leave things in a savings account without adding to it and this rule is irrelavent if that is the case it only works if you dont add any money to the account over the doubling period

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Presh Talwalkar Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:34:14 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/#comment-761 @Clyde Smithson: Thanks for those recommended links! That site BetterExplained is amazing. @Clyde Smithson: Thanks for those recommended links! That site BetterExplained is amazing.

]]> By: Presh Talwalkar http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-760 Presh Talwalkar Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:23:16 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/#comment-760 @Frank 2.0: I somehow missed this comment... Thanks for the encouragement, and I like the analogy about a carpenter. @Frank 2.0: I somehow missed this comment… Thanks for the encouragement, and I like the analogy about a carpenter.

]]> By: Clyde Smithson http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-755 Clyde Smithson Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:22:40 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2007/10/17/how-quickly-will-your-money-grow-the-rule-of-72-and-caveats-for-sophisticated-investors/#comment-755 Two good links for a more intuitive explanation of Exponential functions, e, and natural log. http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-guide-to-exponential-functions-e/ http://betterexplained.com/articles/demystifying-the-natural-logarithm-ln/ Two good links for a more intuitive explanation of Exponential functions, e, and natural log.
http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-guide-to-exponential-functions-e/

http://betterexplained.com/articles/demystifying-the-natural-logarithm-ln/

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