Replies to post #53430 on Politics and Money

[properlynumb]

You have real and honest outlook on investing.
First step is not to loose money, so we look at inflation and at 1.5% (guess-tamate).......
Anything over that and we're making money.

8% is just unrealistic or unsustainable when the GDP is 1%/year.

http://www.simplestockinvesting.com/SP500-historical-real-total-returns.htm

[shermann7]

The ROI should be more of an n% above the Federal Funds Rate...Which is now about zero...I think 3% above the fed funds rate is a reasonable expected ROI...

Shermann