Consider this…
• From 1992 to 2014, the annualized return of the S&P 500 index when adjusted for inflation and including dividend reinvestments has been 7%!
• That means if you had invested $10,000 in an S&P index fund in 1992 and left it there till 2014, your initial investment would have grown to about $47,000. Not bad…but…
Now Consider this…
• Between 1992 and 2014, two major recessions occurred. If you were to mitigate your losses during those recessions, your annualized return of the same S&P index would be 17%!
• That means if you had invested the same $10,000 in an S&P index fund in 1992 your initial investment would now have grown to about $375,000. That’s not a misprint!
