The power of continuous compounding, which results in exponential growth, is enormous but often  overlooked. While it’s just math, it’s phenomenal math when you put it to work for you. And, the  greater your compounding rate of return, the greater the exponential benefit as shown below. 

 

The following table summarizes the compound returns of a $100,000 investment over a period of  35 years (in 5 year segments) for annual rates of return of 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%.