>One of the major problems for an investor looking at that 10% average return figure and mistakenly expecting to realize a nice yearly profit from investing in the S&P 500 is inflation. Adjusted for inflation, the historical average annual return is only around 7%
Here is the structure of the spreadsheet (had to rebuild it real quick, didn't save the original):
https://imgur.com/a/jOaHUoT
>One of the major problems for an investor looking at that 10% average return figure and mistakenly expecting to realize a nice yearly profit from investing in the S&P 500 is inflation. Adjusted for inflation, the historical average annual return is only around 7%
Here is the structure of the spreadsheet (had to rebuild it real quick, didn't save the original): https://imgur.com/a/jOaHUoT