Hi guys, I have an ASB loan worth 202,177 (199000 for ASB and 3177 for takaful) over 30 years. Monthly repayment is 1060.75. Interest rate was 4.8% (now 5.05% from my CIMB click). I added 1k to make it 200k in my ASB account.
I'm trying to work out if it's worth it if I pay the loan over 30 years compared to saving on my own without touching the money for 30 years.
Basically I got:
Final ASB account balance = RM 200,000*(1.07^29) = RMÂ RM 1,422,851.41
Total monthly payment = RM 1,060.75*12*30 =Â RM 381,870.00
Loan nett gain = RMÂ RM 1,422,851.41 - RM 381,870.00 =Â RM1,040,981.41
Now, if I save on my own for 30 years, I got RM1,202,391.35.
Basically I calculated like this:
First year: RM1,060.75*12 =Â RM12,729.00
Second year: RM12,729.00*1.07 + RM12,729.00 =Â RM26,349.03
Third year: RM26,349.03*1.07 + RM12,729.00 =Â RM40,922.46
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30th year:Â RM1,111,833.97 + RM12,729.00 =Â RM1,202,391.35
With this calculation, it seems like I'm going to lose around 160k by taking the loan instead of saving on my own:
Loan nett gain - Saving gain = RM1,040,981.41 - RM1,202,391.35 = -RM161,409.94
Is something wrong with my calculation, or am I using the wrong strategy?
By saving on your own, ie depositing RM1060.75 every month, dividend is calculated monthly tho against the lowest balance in account as opposed to ASB loan whereby dividend is always calculated monthly against 200k (not taking into account future dividend & bonus) except for the first month of disbursement since lowest balance in that particular month is not 200k.
So I don't think you should calculate the dividend from own saving based on one lump sum amount every year since it's calculated monthly