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International stock market returns over 10 years - is this right?

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pepperoni

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Table didnt copy so well and its from another forum with no source.

Major World Stock Indexes
End of 1998
Now in 2008
Compound Annual Return

U.S. S&P 500
1,229
1,280
0.4%

Japan Nikkei 225
13,842
13,463
-0.3%

UK FTSE
5,883
5,486
-0.7%

Germany DAX
5,002
6,294
2.4%

U.S. Nifty 50 Stocks
710
677
-0.5%
 
S&P at least looks right judging from this.

Pretty shocking really :confused:



The Lost Decade: S&P Annual Return Just 2.5% Since 1998

Most investors use a microscope to analyze markets, when a telescope is of more use, and therefore completely miss the big picture. Over the last decade, equities have underperformed bonds by the biggest margin in 70 years. The S&P 500 10 year total return to end June 2008 was 32.1%, while that from bonds (based on the Lehman LT Treasury index) was 86.8%. Not since the end of the Great Depression has there been such a stunning divergence. US real estate could slump another 20% and would still have comfortably outperformed equities over the decade, as would cash, and just about any overseas market, particularly in dollar terms.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/86979-the-lost-decade-s-p-annual-return-just-2-5-since-1998
 
So was 1998 at high point and 2008 a low point,..

Does that mean that entering the market now is a good idea, and perhaps we are at the beginings of a freash bull market.
 
Tysonboss1 said:
So was 1998 at high point and 2008 a low point,..

Does that mean that entering the market now is a good idea, and perhaps we are at the beginings of a freash bull market.
Click to expand...

From the article in the link ....

"We're now probably midway through a subpar cycle from 2000-2015 or so".

I guess it explains alot of the money in property ... it may not be as liquid but its also doesnt have the 20% down overnight volatility!
 
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