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The Rule of 72: A 500-Year-Old Trick for Seeing How Fast Money Grows
Divide 72 by an interest rate and you get the years it takes to double. Here is where the shortcut came from, why it works, and three places it changes the picture.
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Money
10 November 2026 · 2 min