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What Is The Value Of Reducing, Postponing or Foregoing Expenses?

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Use this calculator to see how much you could accumulate by not eating out as much, eliminating the newspaper, not renting as many videos and cutting back on other discretionary monthly expenses.

Savings and Assumptions	Input
Return on savings: (%)	(0-12)%
Number of years to estimate savings	(1-30)

Expenses You Can Reduce Or Postpone	Monthly Amount
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• Mortgage

  Loan Type	Today	Last Week
  30 Year Fixed	6.26%	6.31%
  15 Year Fixed	5.77%	5.83%
  1 Year ARM	5.92%	5.89%
  30 Year Fixed Jumbo	7.36%	7.40%
  5/1 ARM	5.91%	5.85%
  3/1 ARM	5.70%	5.73%

  Source: Bankrate
• Home Equity

  Loan Type	Today	Last Week
  $30K Home Equity Loan	7.63%	7.62%
  $50K Home Equity Loan	7.25%	7.27%
  $75K Home Equity Loan	7.26%	7.27%
  $30K HELOC	5.17%	5.17%
  $50K HELOC	4.80%	4.81%
  $75K HELOC	4.81%	4.81%

  Source: Bankrate
• Savings

  Savings Type	Today	Last Week
  6 month CD	3.16%	3.13%
  1 year CD	3.65%	3.62%
  3 year CD	3.85%	3.83%
  MMA	2.45%	2.50%
  $10K MMA	2.72%	2.77%
  $25K MMA	3.07%	3.10%

  Source: Bankrate
• Auto

  Loan Type	Today	Last Week
  36 Month New Car Loan	6.72%	6.73%
  48 Month New Car Loan	6.50%	6.77%
  60 Month New Car Loan	6.51%	6.46%
  72 Month New Car Loan	6.44%	6.32%
  36 Month Used Car Loan	7.08%	7.09%
  48 Month Used Car Loan	6.80%	6.92%

  Source: Bankrate
• Credit Cards

  Card Type	Today	Last Week
  Balance Transfer	10.31%	10.03%
  Low Interest	11.01%	10.97%
  For Bad Credit	13.02%	13.12%
  Cash Back	11.47%	11.46%
  Business	11.10%	10.91%
  Airline	12.75%	12.69%

  Source: CreditCards.com

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