Many people thought the virtues of stock
investing, especially because history
shows that the stock market has
provided one of the greatest sources
of long-term wealth, with compounded
returns averaging 10% per year over the past 100 years.


Investors that keep stock for the long
term, hold shares in a low-cost index,
reinvest their divid ends, take
advantage of tax rules, and let
compounding do all of the heavy-
lifting, have seen the best returns.

Over the same 100-year period,
inflation averaged 4%, leaving a
modest, yet consistent 6% real rate of
return.

Corporate advisor Duff & P helps
produces the Stocks,Bonds, Bills, and
Inflation (SBBI) Year book (formerly
Ibbotson SBBI Yearbook), which
compiles extensive data on these
returns in its annual publication.


STOCK DONT USSUALLY MAKE SENSE : -

Although a 6% post-inflation return
sounds pretty decent, according to a
study performed by investment
research company Morningstar, during
a period of 10% (pre-inflation) market
returns, the average investor actually earned only a 3% net investment
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