Agreed. Here's the data in chart form, it looks nothing like total stock-market return (the 2008 collapse and subsequent rebound is nowhere to be found, etc):

Agreed. Here's the data in chart form, it looks nothing like total stock-market return (the 2008 collapse and subsequent rebound is nowhere to be found, etc): http://blogs-images.forbes.com/sageworks/files/2012/05/PublicCompanies1990_2011.png http://blogs-images.forbes.com/sageworks/files/2012/05/Publi...