{"id":49708,"date":"2021-09-28T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T01:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=49708"},"modified":"2021-10-15T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T01:41:39","slug":"illustrated-guide-compounding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/illustrated-guide-compounding","title":{"rendered":"An Illustrated Guide To Compounding For Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In partnership with <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-41069\" src=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/31111545\/Principal2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"43\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/31111545\/Principal2.png 790w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/31111545\/Principal2-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/static.imoney.my\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/31111545\/Principal2-768x131.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost impossible to avoid the concept of compounding when you\u2019re learning about investing. That\u2019s because the compounding effect is probably the most powerful force driving the growth of your investment portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>But what does it actually mean?<\/p>\n<p>Simply explained, the compounding effect describes how your investment returns produce more investment returns. Compounding allows your portfolio to grow at a higher rate over time since your returns continue to generate additional returns.<\/p>\n<p>Still confused? Compounding can be difficult to grasp through words alone \u2013 that\u2019s why we prepared an illustrated guide. View the infographic to learn more about compounding and how it can help you reach your financial goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s an introduction to the powerful force that could grow your portfolio exponentially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":49900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,1,240,236,230],"tags":[863,208,520,649,663],"class_list":["post-49708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infographic","category-investment","category-retirement-planning","category-sponsored","category-unit-trust","tag-compounding","tag-featured","tag-principal","tag-retirement","tag-unit-trust"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Infographic: Here\u2019s How The Compounding Effect Works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The compounding effect is when your investment returns earn their own returns. 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