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To: yard_man who wrote (5737)12/31/2003 9:56:52 AM
From: yard_man  Respond to of 108702
 
question -- how much would you have had to made on your stock investments to preserve your purchasing power this year

quotes.ino.com

that's right about ~18.6%

how much did the S&P rise for the year

finance.yahoo.com^GSPC&t=1y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

~22%

If you just bought the S&P you made 3.4% on your money. What a wonderful return, eh?

Course, if you were lucky to have timed the bottom, you made a decent return ...

Is everybody clear on what kind of price stability the Fed is pursuing here?? What a bunch of ... you fill in the blank.