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Everyone who does any investing wants to know how quickly he or she will recoup the investment. In reality they are asking how quickly does this investment double itself? If an investment doubles (or multiplies) itself in one year, we call it a 100% annual return. If it doubles itself every month, we call it a 1200% return. This means that if you buy an asset for $150, you would make, back in cash, $150 after one month. And you still own the $150 asset. If you take the $150 cash and buy another asset, you will have doubled your asset base and consequently, your income. If your asset base started at $150 and doubled every month for one year, your monthly income would look like the following chart:
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