Personal Finance and Investment Strategies

Questions and Answers

Determining your real rate of return, factoring in the effects of inflation (correct)

Investing the money available today at a rate lower than the rate of inflation

Withdrawing the money from the market to avoid losses

Avoiding investments altogether

Simple interest is calculated annually, while compounding interest is calculated monthly

Compounding interest is only applicable for long-term investments

Compounding interest earns interest on the principal and previously earned interest (correct)

Simple interest is more profitable than compounding interest

It remains the same throughout the investment period

It is converted to a different investment type

It decreases by the amount of interest earned each year

It increases by the amount of interest earned each year (correct)

You earn a return on the previously earned return, and so on Signup and view all the answers

It remains the same throughout the investment period Signup and view all the answers

Compounding interest results in a higher return on investment over time Signup and view all the answers

To account for the effects of inflation Signup and view all the answers

The risk of decrease in the value of money is reduced Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

To avoid the adverse effects of inflation, determine your "real rate of return", which is the return you can expect after factoring in inflation.
Invest your money at a rate equal to or higher than the rate of inflation to reduce the risk of decreasing value.

Compounding interest earns interest on both the principal and previously earned interest, whereas simple interest only earns interest on the principal.
The principal amount increases every year, leading to increasing returns earned on the growing principal.
Reinvesting returns leads to earning returns on previously earned returns, resulting in exponential growth.

An initial investment of ₹1,000 grows to ₹31,409 over 40 years with a 9% rate of return, compared to only ₹4,600 with simple interest.
The principal amount changes at the end of every year, with the return earned added to the principal, resulting in a snowball effect.

Principal + return from the first year becomes the principal for the second year.
Principal + return from the second year becomes the principal for the third year, and so on.