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Comment author: gwern 09 November 2013 11:31:48PM 8 points [-]

This topic of compound interest has been discussed on OB extensively; search for 'compound interest' and 'perpetuities'. There are serious reasons why the strategy is highly unlikely to work in the real world; Hanson covers some on OB and I cover some more in http://www.gwern.net/The%20Narrowing%20Circle