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No, sort of. 13% is way off, but 7% is about the inflation-adjusted average yearly real return of the US stock market over the last 140 years. But any particu
by Simon_says 8y ago
No, sort of. 13% is way off, but 7% is about the inflation-adjusted average yearly real return of the US stock market over the last 140 years. But any particular 10-year period can be up or down. You only get some amount of safety if you're investing over 40+ years.