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First of all, 5% interest rate is amazing, please tell people to stop investing in index funds and invest in the Magic Avocado Fund (tm) instead! ;) On a serio

First of all, 5% interest rate is amazing, please tell people to stop investing in index funds and invest in the Magic Avocado Fund (tm) instead! ;) On a serious note, if you're talking about houses, then house prices should increase as well in that time, assuming inflationary forces keep up.

gdix 9y ago
Let me google that for you: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/where-does-7-come-from-when-it-comes-to-long-term-stock-returns/ http://www.thesimpledollar.com/where-does-7-come-from-when-i... 4-6% inflation adjusted return is not unreasonable or amazing. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-historical-return-of-real-estate-vs-stock-investing https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-historical-return-of-real-... "So far this decade, the U.S. stock market is ahead once again. And for the past 40 years, it would have earned you almost 4 times as much as U.S. residential real estate."