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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 9 July 2013 [View all]marybourg
(12,631 posts)2. Total Stock Market 10 year return:
7.35% per year. This is the real increase you would have received if you had bought and then held the most popular total stock market index fund for the past 10 years
https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/vanguard/all?reset=true&sort=name&sortorder=asc&assetclass=all
I don't know where the OP gets her/his negative return figure from, since she/he doesn't give a citation, although demanding it from others.
Beware naysayers who discourage you from having a secure retirement.
I do not now, nor ever have had, any relationship with the investment community except as a very satisfied long term buy-and-hold index fund (low cost) investor.
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You probably have me on ignore, but I'm going to say this anyway. There were several ways to handle
A HERETIC I AM
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