A $10,000 investment with a 10% annual return, without additional contributions, will take 24.5 years to reach $100,000.
"if you take this $10,000 you put it into the markets and you can get a average 10% return on your money well if we assume that you're not going to invest any more money in there it's just this $10,000 you have invested and they can grow by 10% a year it's going to take you 24 and A2 years before you can turn the $110,000 into $100,000"