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Biotech / Medical : STEM -- StemCells, Inc.
STEM 15.63+0.2%Feb 2 3:59 PM EST
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To: MJ who wrote (780)2/8/2005 8:54:40 PM
From: tom pope  Read Replies (1) of 805
 
Nobody knows why the rule of 72 works, but here it is:

72 divided by the interest rate is the number of years it will take to double your investment. So if you have an investment yielding 7.2%, it will have doubled in 10 years.
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