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200+ Years of Asset Class Returns

I’m a sucker for historical market data. I know, I know. It doesn’t help you predict the future but it can help shape your expectations to allow you to emotionally prepare for a range of outcomes. This week someone sent me this Long-Term Asset Return Study done by Jim Reid and team at Deutsche Bank that…

Stock Market Returns Are Anything But Average

A reader asks: Ben, I believe you have written at least once about how surprisingly few times the stock market has grown near its long-term average in a given year. In other words, its typical annual returns are well above its long-term ~10% average, or well below. I’m searching for it on your blog site…