I invested in things expected to be profiting from global warming, water shortages, and war.

Real estate is where you put money during inflation

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

The 2000s were basically a lost decade.

S&P 500
January 2000: 1440
December 2009: 1130

I'll take 5% annual returns.

How do you get 5% annual returns from that?

The 5% was an earlier PP's estimate for annual stock market returns over the next ten years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

Please link to sources. I'd like to read them. I believe we are in for a long period of crap. Stagflation because the FED won't do anything, anemic economic growth, and the zombification of the US economy.

Now that Boomers are retiring, they will vote in politicians who promise high risk-free returns (i.e., high real rates). They already 40 years of tax cuts + the longest bull run in modern history of equity markets. Now they want to take their winnings off the table and coast with no risk to principle. Contrary to prior predictions, they are not "downsizing" and would instead prefer to under-utilize their large homes or rent it out for a stable income stream.

Adjust your investment strategy accordingly.

how?

simple your basically one step up the risk curve take two steps.. buy a stock not just the fund. Apple for example 5X since 5 years ago. Maybe not APPL directly to look to here but their will be growth opptys

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

The 2000s were basically a lost decade.

S&P 500
January 2000: 1440
December 2009: 1130

I'll take 5% annual returns.

It depends on when you take the snap shot, two years in either direction, and it looks great

A lot of people made lump sum investments in the early 00s (right after the Dot Com pop) that were basically a wash tens years later.

Actuall no they don’t. Most people neither 2 brain cells to rub together dollar cost average

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

The 2000s were basically a lost decade.

S&P 500
January 2000: 1440
December 2009: 1130

I'll take 5% annual returns.

How do you get 5% annual returns from that?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

Please link to sources. I'd like to read them. I believe we are in for a long period of crap. Stagflation because the FED won't do anything, anemic economic growth, and the zombification of the US economy.

Now that Boomers are retiring, they will vote in politicians who promise high risk-free returns (i.e., high real rates). They already 40 years of tax cuts + the longest bull run in modern history of equity markets. Now they want to take their winnings off the table and coast with no risk to principle. Contrary to prior predictions, they are not "downsizing" and would instead prefer to under-utilize their large homes or rent it out for a stable income stream.

Adjust your investment strategy accordingly.

how?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

Please link to sources. I'd like to read them. I believe we are in for a long period of crap. Stagflation because the FED won't do anything, anemic economic growth, and the zombification of the US economy.

Now that Boomers are retiring, they will vote in politicians who promise high risk-free returns (i.e., high real rates). They already 40 years of tax cuts + the longest bull run in modern history of equity markets. Now they want to take their winnings off the table and coast with no risk to principle. Contrary to prior predictions, they are not "downsizing" and would instead prefer to under-utilize their large homes or rent it out for a stable income stream.

Adjust your investment strategy accordingly.

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

Please link to sources. I'd like to read them. I believe we are in for a long period of crap. Stagflation because the FED won't do anything, anemic economic growth, and the zombification of the US economy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

The 2000s were basically a lost decade.

S&P 500
January 2000: 1440
December 2009: 1130

I'll take 5% annual returns.

It depends on when you take the snap shot, two years in either direction, and it looks great

A lot of people made lump sum investments in the early 00s (right after the Dot Com pop) that were basically a wash tens years later.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of articles about a lost decade of stock returns coming up. It's unnerving.

The 2000s were basically a lost decade.

S&P 500
January 2000: 1440
December 2009: 1130

I'll take 5% annual returns.

It depends on when you take the snap shot, two years in either direction, and it looks great