mathjak107
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according to morningstar the widely followed s&p 500 index which accounts for 1/2 of the 1 trillion bucks of all the money invested in index funds has returned an average of just 1.3% a year including dividends over the last decade.
it was the worst performing of 9 different investment vehicles tracked by morningstar including treasuries.commodities,bonds,real estate to name a few ..
shows us how important it is to diversify and cover as many asset classes as we can, and to use managed funds along with your index funds as most of the higher rated managed funds beat that return. it also shows us dont count to heavy going forward on those average returns approaching double digits
it was the worst performing of 9 different investment vehicles tracked by morningstar including treasuries.commodities,bonds,real estate to name a few ..
shows us how important it is to diversify and cover as many asset classes as we can, and to use managed funds along with your index funds as most of the higher rated managed funds beat that return. it also shows us dont count to heavy going forward on those average returns approaching double digits