tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post2458617199167669602..comments2023-05-18T10:37:34.608+01:00Comments on <a href="http://www.retirementinvestingtoday.com">Retirement Investing Today</a>: Retirement Investing Today on MonevatorRetirementInvestingTodayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-64284671730335009862012-07-05T06:10:15.885+01:002012-07-05T06:10:15.885+01:00RIT, Hi,
You are absolutely right in regards to a...RIT, Hi,<br /><br />You are absolutely right in regards to an investor assessing an investment. He/She is only interested in the end points and CAGR is perfect for that. Either for the capital or the total return including dividends.<br /><br />However we were talking about the measuring the historical long-term stockmarket return to get a number to use for "expected" future long-termPaul Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-74195733106474044732012-07-04T21:35:25.908+01:002012-07-04T21:35:25.908+01:00Hi Paul
While I think I understand what you'r...Hi Paul<br /><br />While I think I understand what you're saying, to make exactly sure, would you take a screen grab of your data and email it to me at the address shown on the upper right?<br /><br />The reason is that I'm not immediately sure how your method helps the private investor. This is because for a private investor when it comes to the capital gain portion of the portfolio (RetirementInvestingTodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03088383743670046657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2875915890415125655.post-87414075943756312472012-07-04T07:03:25.443+01:002012-07-04T07:03:25.443+01:00Hi RIT, Thanks for the Monevator article. Great ...Hi RIT, Thanks for the Monevator article. Great stuff.<br />We had a brief exchange the other day on a comment board re the long-term stockmarket return. We had (fairly minor) differences and it has just dawned on me why. Hope you don't mind me using this comment page to clarify.<br />You calculated using CAGR. That only considers the beginning and end years and is thus only dependent on Paulnoreply@blogger.com