

Not surprised, I just clicked on the first inflation calculator that came up. I think it was the BLS CPI calculator.
And I only did it in dollars from December of '21 until now. Converting back to shillings, either in '21 or Dickensian times, before bringing it forward to today could result in a big difference due to the charging exchange rate between the pound and the dollar.
Don’t forget to include reinvested dividends.
That makes it just under $400k, big difference.
I used this calculator. I took the deinflated $5k starting figure so just use the nominal results, not infusion adjusted.
If the next 40 years performs the same, with reinvested dividends, $15k will get you almost $1.2mm. That’s nominal, I wouldn’t want to guess about inflation adjusted.