The '70s, '80s and early '90s had unusually high interest rates though. Through compounding with those high interest rates early on, it suddenly becomes more re

The '70s, '80s and early '90s had unusually high interest rates though. Through compounding with those high interest rates early on, it suddenly becomes more reasonable... 6.7% over 42 years would get you to over 300k already... Source: http://www.riksbank.se/en/The-Riksbank/Research/Historical-Monetary-Statistics-of-Sweden/Volume-II-House-Prices-Stock-Returns-National-Accounts-and-the-Riksbank-Balance-Sheet-16202012/ http://www.riksbank.se/en/The-Riksbank/Research/Historical-M... http://www.historia.se/VolumeIICh6Stocksandbonds.xls http://www.historia.se/VolumeIICh6Stocksandbonds.xls