http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2009/03/inflation-adjusted-w-dividend-s-500.html http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2009/03/inflation-adjusted... This chart (

http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2009/03/inflation-adjusted-w-dividend-s-500.html http://econompicdata.blogspot.com/2009/03/inflation-adjusted... This chart (last one on the page) indicates to me that during the greatest bull market in history, rolling ten year inflation and dividend adjusted returns on the sp500 only rarely touched 8%; usually much less. This excludes transaction costs, I'm sure. I'd have to look into it more. http://www.itulip.com/realdow.htm http://www.itulip.com/realdow.htm