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- #T15,4,INSTALLMENT SAVINGS PLANS
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- Banks, credit unions and other firms offer installment savings plans. In
- these plans, a constant amount is deposited to an account at regular inter-
- vals, and all the money accumulated in the account earns interest according
- to the terms of the account. Usually, such accounts are used to accumulate
- a specific amount of money for some very specific future purpose--college
- expenses, a new car, a house down payment, money for Christmas shopping, etc.
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- The only real ~W~Idifference~N between these and an ordinary savings account is
- in the regularity of the deposit amount and interval.
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- The only real ~W~Iadvantage~N of such an account is also in the regularity -- it
- tends to ensure disciplined saving!
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- The Installment Savings program in THE FINANCIAL PLANNER can determine:
- ~z1~b ~C~Ihow much money will be available in the account in the future,~N
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- ~z2~b ~C~Iwhat regular deposit amount will be required to accumulate a
- specified amount by some specified future date.~N
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- You can see an example by running the program with the data initially dis-
- played when the program is selected.
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