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    Compound interest calculation

    Heya,

    I would like to understand the formula behind the following issue:
    I am contributing each month to a pension fund some money, I would like to calculate the yearly % on investment.
    =RATE is used for loans, but by using the =FV and plugging my own numbers periods/starting money/end capital etc, I can change the rate until I manually hit the sweet spot, but how can I put it into a formula.

    Lets say:
    Starting capital - 278.96
    Period (Years) - 7
    Yearly contribution - 300
    End capital after 7 years - 2883.31

    So by using =fv and manually changing the rate it is supposed to be 5.47509% growth YoY, but how do I get it with a normal formula?
    I hope my question is understood, it's possible that I am not looking for the right keywords as I am not native EN.
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    Re: Compound interest calculation

    Try this:

    =RATE(7,300,278.96,-2883.31)

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    Re: Compound interest calculation

    Dude, you are awesome. I thought that you can reverseRATE, but couldn't wrap my head around correctly. Thank you!

    So instead of -300, you put 300 as you "get" money instead of "give money away". And negative end result makes sense now.

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    Re: Compound interest calculation

    You're welcome. Happy to help.

    Thanks for the rep!

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