The Truth about stock market returns

dow100 The Truth about stock market returnsIf you had $100 to invest in the DOW in 1928 you would have $3128.52 today- what a deal right? Wrong, let me tell you why.

I’ve been to several financial offices where they proudly display the graph of the DOW since 1928. The desired effect being that we are to think that the market always goes up, you just have to be patient. I, like many people, didn’t appreciate just how patient one has to be though until I examined the returns in more detail.
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