Calculators with their assumptions on the outside
Every one of these is a scenario under inputs you choose, not a forecast and not an offer. The most useful thing you can do with them is set the pessimistic inputs and see what still works.
Investment growth
What a regular monthly contribution compounds to over time. Useful for sizing a plan, not for predicting one.
An assumption you are choosing, not a rate anyone is offering you.
After 15 years, investing ₹25,000 a month at an assumed 11% annual return, you would have put in ₹45.00 L and the portfolio would be worth ₹1.15 Cr.
Sovereign Gold Bond returns
Gold appreciation plus the 2.5% annual coupon, held for the full eight-year tenor. The coupon is what separates an SGB from holding the same metal.
Enter the current issue or market price per gram.
Gold has had multi-year periods of negative return. Try a negative value.
Why the coupon matters
The 2.5% annual interest is paid on your original investment, not on the current gold value. Over eight years it adds 20% of your starting amount regardless of what gold does — which is the whole reason an SGB can beat holding the same metal.
Investing ₹5.00 L buys 52.6 grams. At an assumed 8% annual gold appreciation, the holding is worth ₹9.25 L after eight years, plus ₹1.00 L of interest, for a total of ₹10.25 L.
Mining payback
Whether a rig earns back its purchase price, given rising network difficulty and the electricity it burns every day. Both are mandatory inputs here.
Look this up for today before trusting the result — it changes constantly.
Costs ₹17,899 a month to run.
Set this to zero and the model becomes a sales pitch.
Try a negative value. Falling prices are how mining ventures fail.
On these inputs the rig stops covering its own electricity in month 12. Past that point it loses money every day it stays switched on.
On these inputs the hardware does not pay for itself within four years. Net income over four years after power and fees is ₹-1.96 L, against a hardware cost of ₹6.00 L.
A number in a calculator is not a return
Each of these tools compounds an assumption you supplied. Change the assumption and the answer changes completely, which is exactly why we show you the inputs instead of a single headline figure. If any firm shows you a projected return without letting you move the inputs, that is worth noticing.