In: Statistics and Probability
Your employer is going to invest $75 per month in a 401k for you and promised to average a 5% return over the next 20 years. What would I type into Excel to estimate how much money should be in the 401k after 20 years?
We first compute the equivalent number of months for 20 years here as: 20*12 = 240 months.
Therefore we need to compute the Future value of 240 installments here as:
After this we simply extend the formula for all the rows here and get the FV of each of the installment to get here:
Month | Installment | Future Value |
1 | 75 | 198.997328 |
2 | 75 | 198.189878 |
3 | 75 | 197.385704 |
4 | 75 | 196.584793 |
5 | 75 | 195.787132 |
6 | 75 | 194.992708 |
7 | 75 | 194.201507 |
8 | 75 | 193.413516 |
9 | 75 | 192.628723 |
10 | 75 | 191.847114 |
11 | 75 | 191.068677 |
12 | 75 | 190.293398 |
13 | 75 | 189.521265 |
14 | 75 | 188.752265 |
15 | 75 | 187.986385 |
16 | 75 | 187.223613 |
17 | 75 | 186.463935 |
18 | 75 | 185.707341 |
19 | 75 | 184.953816 |
20 | 75 | 184.203349 |
21 | 75 | 183.455927 |
22 | 75 | 182.711537 |
23 | 75 | 181.970168 |
24 | 75 | 181.231807 |
25 | 75 | 180.496443 |
26 | 75 | 179.764061 |
27 | 75 | 179.034652 |
28 | 75 | 178.308202 |
29 | 75 | 177.5847 |
30 | 75 | 176.864134 |
31 | 75 | 176.146491 |
32 | 75 | 175.431761 |
33 | 75 | 174.71993 |
34 | 75 | 174.010988 |
35 | 75 | 173.304922 |
36 | 75 | 172.601721 |
37 | 75 | 171.901374 |
38 | 75 | 171.203868 |
39 | 75 | 170.509193 |
40 | 75 | 169.817336 |
41 | 75 | 169.128286 |
42 | 75 | 168.442032 |
43 | 75 | 167.758563 |
44 | 75 | 167.077867 |
45 | 75 | 166.399933 |
46 | 75 | 165.72475 |
47 | 75 | 165.052307 |
48 | 75 | 164.382592 |
49 | 75 | 163.715594 |
50 | 75 | 163.051303 |
51 | 75 | 162.389707 |
52 | 75 | 161.730796 |
53 | 75 | 161.074558 |
54 | 75 | 160.420983 |
55 | 75 | 159.77006 |
56 | 75 | 159.121778 |
57 | 75 | 158.476127 |
58 | 75 | 157.833096 |
59 | 75 | 157.192673 |
60 | 75 | 156.554849 |
61 | 75 | 155.919613 |
62 | 75 | 155.286955 |
63 | 75 | 154.656864 |
64 | 75 | 154.029329 |
65 | 75 | 153.404341 |
66 | 75 | 152.781889 |
67 | 75 | 152.161962 |
68 | 75 | 151.544551 |
69 | 75 | 150.929645 |
70 | 75 | 150.317234 |
71 | 75 | 149.707308 |
72 | 75 | 149.099856 |
73 | 75 | 148.49487 |
74 | 75 | 147.892338 |
75 | 75 | 147.292251 |
76 | 75 | 146.694599 |
77 | 75 | 146.099373 |
78 | 75 | 145.506561 |
79 | 75 | 144.916154 |
80 | 75 | 144.328144 |
81 | 75 | 143.742519 |
82 | 75 | 143.15927 |
83 | 75 | 142.578388 |
84 | 75 | 141.999863 |
85 | 75 | 141.423686 |
86 | 75 | 140.849846 |
87 | 75 | 140.278335 |
88 | 75 | 139.709142 |
89 | 75 | 139.14226 |
90 | 75 | 138.577677 |
91 | 75 | 138.015385 |
92 | 75 | 137.455375 |
93 | 75 | 136.897637 |
94 | 75 | 136.342162 |
95 | 75 | 135.788941 |
96 | 75 | 135.237965 |
97 | 75 | 134.689224 |
98 | 75 | 134.14271 |
99 | 75 | 133.598414 |
100 | 75 | 133.056326 |
101 | 75 | 132.516438 |
102 | 75 | 131.97874 |
103 | 75 | 131.443224 |
104 | 75 | 130.909881 |
105 | 75 | 130.378702 |
106 | 75 | 129.849678 |
107 | 75 | 129.322801 |
108 | 75 | 128.798062 |
109 | 75 | 128.275452 |
110 | 75 | 127.754962 |
111 | 75 | 127.236585 |
112 | 75 | 126.720311 |
113 | 75 | 126.206131 |
114 | 75 | 125.694038 |
115 | 75 | 125.184023 |
116 | 75 | 124.676077 |
117 | 75 | 124.170192 |
118 | 75 | 123.66636 |
119 | 75 | 123.164573 |
120 | 75 | 122.664821 |
121 | 75 | 122.167097 |
122 | 75 | 121.671393 |
123 | 75 | 121.1777 |
124 | 75 | 120.68601 |
125 | 75 | 120.196315 |
126 | 75 | 119.708608 |
127 | 75 | 119.222879 |
128 | 75 | 118.739121 |
129 | 75 | 118.257326 |
130 | 75 | 117.777486 |
131 | 75 | 117.299593 |
132 | 75 | 116.823639 |
133 | 75 | 116.349616 |
134 | 75 | 115.877517 |
135 | 75 | 115.407333 |
136 | 75 | 114.939057 |
137 | 75 | 114.472681 |
138 | 75 | 114.008198 |
139 | 75 | 113.545599 |
140 | 75 | 113.084877 |
141 | 75 | 112.626025 |
142 | 75 | 112.169034 |
143 | 75 | 111.713898 |
144 | 75 | 111.260609 |
145 | 75 | 110.809158 |
146 | 75 | 110.35954 |
147 | 75 | 109.911746 |
148 | 75 | 109.465769 |
149 | 75 | 109.021601 |
150 | 75 | 108.579236 |
151 | 75 | 108.138666 |
152 | 75 | 107.699883 |
153 | 75 | 107.262881 |
154 | 75 | 106.827652 |
155 | 75 | 106.394189 |
156 | 75 | 105.962484 |
157 | 75 | 105.532532 |
158 | 75 | 105.104324 |
159 | 75 | 104.677853 |
160 | 75 | 104.253113 |
161 | 75 | 103.830096 |
162 | 75 | 103.408796 |
163 | 75 | 102.989205 |
164 | 75 | 102.571317 |
165 | 75 | 102.155125 |
166 | 75 | 101.740621 |
167 | 75 | 101.327799 |
168 | 75 | 100.916652 |
169 | 75 | 100.507173 |
170 | 75 | 100.099356 |
171 | 75 | 99.6931935 |
172 | 75 | 99.2886791 |
173 | 75 | 98.8858061 |
174 | 75 | 98.4845678 |
175 | 75 | 98.0849575 |
176 | 75 | 97.6869687 |
177 | 75 | 97.2905948 |
178 | 75 | 96.8958292 |
179 | 75 | 96.5026654 |
180 | 75 | 96.1110969 |
181 | 75 | 95.7211172 |
182 | 75 | 95.3327199 |
183 | 75 | 94.9458985 |
184 | 75 | 94.5606468 |
185 | 75 | 94.1769582 |
186 | 75 | 93.7948264 |
187 | 75 | 93.4142452 |
188 | 75 | 93.0352083 |
189 | 75 | 92.6577093 |
190 | 75 | 92.2817421 |
191 | 75 | 91.9073004 |
192 | 75 | 91.534378 |
193 | 75 | 91.1629688 |
194 | 75 | 90.7930666 |
195 | 75 | 90.4246653 |
196 | 75 | 90.0577588 |
197 | 75 | 89.6923411 |
198 | 75 | 89.3284061 |
199 | 75 | 88.9659479 |
200 | 75 | 88.6049603 |
201 | 75 | 88.2454374 |
202 | 75 | 87.8873734 |
203 | 75 | 87.5307622 |
204 | 75 | 87.1755981 |
205 | 75 | 86.821875 |
206 | 75 | 86.4695872 |
207 | 75 | 86.1187288 |
208 | 75 | 85.7692941 |
209 | 75 | 85.4212773 |
210 | 75 | 85.0746725 |
211 | 75 | 84.7294741 |
212 | 75 | 84.3856765 |
213 | 75 | 84.0432738 |
214 | 75 | 83.7022604 |
215 | 75 | 83.3626307 |
216 | 75 | 83.0243791 |
217 | 75 | 82.6875 |
218 | 75 | 82.3519878 |
219 | 75 | 82.017837 |
220 | 75 | 81.685042 |
221 | 75 | 81.3535974 |
222 | 75 | 81.0234976 |
223 | 75 | 80.6947373 |
224 | 75 | 80.3673109 |
225 | 75 | 80.0412131 |
226 | 75 | 79.7164385 |
227 | 75 | 79.3929816 |
228 | 75 | 79.0708372 |
229 | 75 | 78.75 |
230 | 75 | 78.4304646 |
231 | 75 | 78.1122257 |
232 | 75 | 77.7952781 |
233 | 75 | 77.4796166 |
234 | 75 | 77.1652358 |
235 | 75 | 76.8521307 |
236 | 75 | 76.5402961 |
237 | 75 | 76.2297268 |
238 | 75 | 75.9204176 |
239 | 75 | 75.6123635 |
240 | 75 | 75.3055593 |
The future value finally is computed by adding the last column here to get:
FV =
30559.3337 |
Therefore at the end of 20 years, the account would have: $30,559