What if you invest $1 a day for 40 years?

Bob Stickman tests it in animated videos, with the numbers in plain sight. You get a calculator and a plan to run the same math with your own numbers.

The channel is in Spanish for now. English audio tracks are on the way.

$1 × 365 days × 40 years

= $14,600 you put in

And what does the app show at the end?

Free. One email per new experiment. Unsubscribe in one click.

Bob Stickman waves next to his piggy bank while a coin drops in
Bob, about to drop in the first dollar

What you get when you sign up

The experiment of the week

A new video every week (in Spanish for now): one money question, the math worked out year by year, and what can go wrong.

Bob's Anti-Panic Plan

A PDF to print and fill in by hand: a checklist for before your first dollar, your contract with yourself for the day your money drops, and a yearly review. Plus a calculator to try your own numbers.

No fine print, no surprises

Every figure comes with its source and every assumption is in plain sight. One email per new video, nothing else.

How an experiment works

They all follow the same path, from the question to your own math.

  1. 1

    The question

    It always starts the same way: what if...? A dollar a day, earning minimum wage, paying a 1% fee.

  2. 2

    The scare

    Every experiment has its risk: a market crash, inflation or fees. We look it straight in the eye.

  3. 3

    The final tally

    Year by year, what Bob puts in and what your bank's app would show, with round numbers that make sense.

  4. 4

    Your turn

    The calculator lets you change the numbers: your salary, what you set aside, the years. And you see what you get.

The experiments

Premieres November 1, in Spanish

What if you invest $1 a day for 40 years?

This one's risk: the market crashes in year 8, like in 2008.

Gift: Bob's Anti-Panic Plan, free with the email list

Coming soon

What if you earn little your whole life? Do you reach a million?

This one's risk: inflation, and what that million is really worth.

We'll let you know when it's out.

In the works

What if you pay a 1% fee for 30 years?

This one's risk: fees, which you can't see and which eat into the pile.

We'll let you know when it's out.

The Piggy Bank Pact

Here, the numbers are out in the open.

  • Every figure, calculated and sourced.
  • Every assumption in plain sight: return, years, inflation, fees.
  • If we link to something, we tell you, and it never changes the numbers.
  • This is education with simplified examples, not financial advice: we don't tell you what to buy.
Bob Stickman, with his tongue out

Bob's Anti-Panic Plan, free

What to have sorted before you invest, your contract with yourself for the day your money drops, and a reminder to review it every year. Then, an email for each new experiment.

You'll get an email to confirm your sign-up. Unsubscribe in one click from any email.

Bob's piggy bank with a coin in the slot