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To: geewiz who wrote (31544)8/26/1998 8:12:00 AM
From: Joseph G.  Respond to of 132070
 
Same as all other arithmetic exercises they like so much - if you save $2k/year, and it grows at 12%/year for 60 years - it's a lot of money, and if it grows at 15% a year for 60 years it's even more money.
What if it grows at minus 3% a year for sixty years? They never tell me. -g-



To: geewiz who wrote (31544)8/26/1998 9:22:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
>>corporate earnings, adjusted for inflation, would rise by 54%
over the next ten years<<

but, my stocks need to appreciate 54% every year... that isn't fair! wwwwwwwaaaahhhhhhhh!!!! ;-)



To: geewiz who wrote (31544)8/26/1998 11:39:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin  Respond to of 132070
 
Art, This from the guys who called "The Death of Equities" in Summer of 1982. <G> MB


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