07-10-2018, 01:02 AM
(07-09-2018, 04:08 PM)Bolty Wrote: I came into the thread late, but that was my immediate reaction to the original post - first, it comes from ZeroHedge, a site dedicated to manipulating truth to always present a world-is-falling viewpoint at all given times, and second...
Rose colored glasses will not confirm my bias though.
Quote:...the data shown is just not factoring in a lot of data surrounding dividends and other elements that make up a significant amount of growth in a portfolio. Dividends alone account for roughly 40% of the growth of money invested in the S&P500 over decades.
Check this out. It shows exactly what you are saying.
The tool on this site allows you to calculate returns with or without CPI calculated. They both use the average dividend yield of the S&P 500.
Quote:There has been a completely insane amount of study of stock growth over the history of world stock markets.
Nominal growth is insane. Real growth, however, is pretty good. After taking into consideration the dividend yields, I think the picture is a little bit better than I had originally thought. I am still %100 positive the USA cannot survive the near future without massive amounts of inflation, and the buzzards are circling the chickens that are coming home to roost.