Finance, Loans & Investment Tools
Financial calculators for loan payments, amortization schedules, interest, APY and profit. Loan payments use the standard fixed-payment (annuity) formula, the same math lenders use for amortization tables. Results are estimates and exclude taxes, insurance and fees.
How to Use Them📊
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Choose the tool that matches your product, such as a loan payment, amortization, compound interest or APY calculator.
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Enter the principal, annual interest rate, term and compounding frequency. The periodic rate is the annual rate divided by the number of periods per year, so 6.5% a year paid monthly is 0.065 / 12 = 0.5417% per month.
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Read the amortization table to see how interest and principal change over time, and test extra payments to see the effect on total interest and payoff date.
Loan Strategy & the Time Value of Money
The time value of money means a dollar today is worth more than a dollar later, because it can earn interest. An amortization schedule shows how this plays out in a loan. Take $300,000 at 6.5% over 30 years: the payment is $1,896.20, and in month one $1,625.00 is interest and only $271.20 reduces the principal. Total interest over the term is $382,633. Because early payments are mostly interest, extra principal payments in the first years save the most.
Investment & Debt Modeling
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Extra payments: on the $300,000 loan above, an extra $200 a month shortens the term by about 6.9 years and saves roughly $103,000 in interest, because every extra dollar cuts the balance that future interest is charged on.
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APR vs APY: a loan APR is a stated annual rate, and in the US it includes certain fees, while APY reflects compounding within the year. A savings account at 5% compounded monthly has an APY of 5.116%. In the EU the APR is an effective rate that already includes costs, so check which figure a lender quotes before comparing offers.
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Total cost of credit: compare the total interest, not only the monthly payment. The $300,000 loan at 6.5% costs $382,633 in interest over 30 years and $236,813 over 20 years, with payments of $1,896.20 and $2,236.72.
Questions and Answers
How is my monthly mortgage payment calculated?
The monthly payment comes from the fixed-payment annuity formula: M = P × r(1+r)^n / ((1+r)^n - 1), where P is the loan amount, r is the monthly rate (annual rate divided by 12) and n is the number of monthly payments. For $300,000 at 6.5% over 30 years, r = 0.065 / 12 and n = 360, which gives $1,896.20 per month. The result covers principal and interest only. Property tax, insurance and any mortgage insurance are added by the lender and are not included here.
What is the difference between APR and APY?
APR is the annual cost of borrowing expressed as a yearly rate, and APY is the annual return on savings including compounding. In the US, lenders must disclose the APR under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z), and banks must disclose the APY on deposit accounts under Truth in Savings (Regulation DD). A savings account paying 5% compounded monthly has an APY of (1 + 0.05/12)^12 - 1 = 5.116%. In the EU the APR is already an effective annual rate including costs. Compare loans by APR and savings by APY, and never mix the two.
Can extra payments shorten my loan term?
Yes. An extra payment applied to principal lowers the balance, so each later month charges interest on less. On a $300,000 loan at 6.5% over 30 years, an extra $200 a month ends the loan after 277 payments instead of 360 and cuts total interest from $382,633 to about $279,000. Ask your lender to apply extra money to principal, because some apply it to the next scheduled payment instead.
Do you support bi-weekly payment simulations?
Yes. Paying half the monthly amount every two weeks gives 26 half-payments a year, which equals 13 full monthly payments instead of 12. The extra payment goes to principal. On a 30-year, $300,000 loan this shortens the term by about 4 years at 4%, 5.4 years at 6%, and 7 years at 8%. The saving holds only if your lender applies each payment when it arrives. Some lenders hold the half-payments until a full monthly amount accumulates, and some third-party programs charge setup fees.
How is my data secured?
The financial calculators run in your browser, and the numbers you enter are not sent to our servers or stored. You can check this yourself: open your browser's developer tools (F12), go to the Network tab, run a calculation, and confirm that no request carrying your inputs leaves the page.