> If you had invested in the German or Russian markets decades ago, you wouldn't have made much gains at all. Is that actually true? I just tried to find out w

> If you had invested in the German or Russian markets decades ago, you wouldn't have made much gains at all. Is that actually true? I just tried to find out what would have happened if you invested in the German DAX 30 years ago and apparently you would have had an 800% return on investment, approximately 7.5% annualized. Seems pretty good to me.