If you invested in the FTSE you would have made rates near US investments, because of the dividends given out. The 1960s and 70s was similar in the US where th

If you invested in the FTSE you would have made rates near US investments, because of the dividends given out. The 1960s and 70s was similar in the US where the market went sideways for decades, but if you had invested you would have profited just fine, because of the dividends given out at that time too. imo Europe is being smarter about this. The US is potentially setting itself up for a large crash in the coming decades, where Europe is setting itself up for a much smaller crash, due to being dividend heavy instead of growth heavy. Ofc, I don't really know if it will work out this way. No one does, but we can speculate.