What money is worth over time
Why is ₹1,00,000 today not ₹1,00,000 in ten years, and what does that actually cost you?
4 steps · Foundations
The path
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India has an official inflation number. It is 4%
Start with the number every other number on this site is measured against.
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Inflation Calculator
Put your own figure in and see what it becomes. It lands harder than any explanation of it.
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Real returns — why you divide, not subtract
A 9% return with 6% inflation is not a 9% return. This is the subtraction that decides whether you gained anything.
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After this one
How growth compounds, and how it is measured
Why does the last decade of an investment contribute more than the first two, and which growth number should you believe?