summer2007
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2007
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I'm 34 and just by reading through a lot of the posts on here I think I know nothing compared to most of you on here.
But after looking through some past performances of stock and bond funds I'm wondering if bond funds would return close to the same as stocks going forward.
It seems thing have been so volatile and there is even talk of a recession now.
I remember the 90's where the stock market went up like a rocket and if you include the 90's in long term averages. I think it might be a misleading because I don't know if we will see that kind of rapid gain again.
Like right now the dow would have to go to what about 40,000 or 50,000 in the next decade to equal the gain of the 90's?
If you throw the 90's out it changes things a lot.
Anyway I just wanted to see what people thought of being mostly in bond funds at a younger age vs. being mostly into stock funds?
Thanks
Jim
But after looking through some past performances of stock and bond funds I'm wondering if bond funds would return close to the same as stocks going forward.
It seems thing have been so volatile and there is even talk of a recession now.
I remember the 90's where the stock market went up like a rocket and if you include the 90's in long term averages. I think it might be a misleading because I don't know if we will see that kind of rapid gain again.
Like right now the dow would have to go to what about 40,000 or 50,000 in the next decade to equal the gain of the 90's?
If you throw the 90's out it changes things a lot.
Anyway I just wanted to see what people thought of being mostly in bond funds at a younger age vs. being mostly into stock funds?
Thanks
Jim