What does CI stand for?

Compound interest - One of the often ignored benefits of the stock market is the facility to earn compounded interest.

Once a student borrower goes into default, the government pays Sallie Mae all the principal and compounded interest that have accrued," reports "60 Minutes.

The following observations are made: 1) its rule always overcompensates prevailing parties by allowing compounded interest; 2) the compounding of interest goes beyond compensating the judgment creditor for the lost use of its money, of placing it in the same position it would have been had the loss/ damages not have occurred, placing it in a better situation, allowing for retribution not restitution; and 3) permitting compounded interest results in an unfair windfall to the creditor, the larger the judgment and the longer the passage of time until collected, the larger the windfall.

Compounded interest means that the interest your money earns is added to the total amount of the CD so that the next time interest is calculated and added, you will earn even more.

FONAR's $68 million award, which earns daily, compounded interest, is one of the largest in patent lawsuit history.

Would you rather have $1 million in cash or $10,000 in some form of savings account earning you a compounded interest rate of 20 percent per year?