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Inflation-adjusted wealth simulator

Two lines, same money. One is the balance your statement will show. The other is what that balance actually buys, once inflation has had the same number of years to work on it. The distance between them is the part most projections leave out.

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Final nominal value

$113,669

What the statement will say after 10 years.

Final purchasing power

$84,581

What it buys in today’s money — 26% less than the figure beside it.

Nominal growthPurchasing power
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Where the starting figures come from

Yield and inflation are seeded from recent published data where it is available — the 10-year Treasury yield and US CPI — and from long-run averages when it is not. The label under each field says which you are looking at. Both are yours to change: they are assumptions, not forecasts, and nothing here is a projection of what any particular product will do.

What it deliberately does not do

It does not subtract fees or tax, both of which come out of the nominal line before you see any of it. It assumes a steady return, which no real market delivers — the order in which good and bad years arrive changes the outcome, particularly once you start withdrawing. If you want the figures that apply where you live, see the options available in your market.