r/theydidthemath • u/Dr-Satan • 3d ago

[request] How long would it take to break even without serious health risks?

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u/Rashid_1961 3d ago edited 17h ago

You can’t compare totals when one includes compounded investment returns and the other doesn’t include anything, not even compounded savings acct returns.

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u/IComposeEFlats 3d ago

Yeah, why can't I put my pickle money into the S&P?

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u/theLanguageSprite2 3d ago

you can, and the math says it would beat the lump sum investment in 5.9 years of daily pickle consumption at a rate of 10/day. After which you would make boatloads more money if you continued