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Irrational Exuberance (Book)
Robert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics published a New York Times Bestseller:
Irrational Exuberance is about something far more important than the current situation in any given market because the book explains the forces that move all markets up and down. It shows...
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DAX bis in das Jahr 2050 hinein
DAX bis in das Jahr 2050 hinein
(Status 2023)
Ein Blick in die Vergangenheit reicht völlig: die Erfahrung der vergangenen Jahrzehnte und Jahrhunderte zeigt, dass die Kurse breiter Aktienindizes auf lange Sicht exponentiell steigen. Wie langfristiges exponentielles Wachstum der...
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Investing: Starting early!
The Power of Compounding
The Magic of starting early and INVESTING LESS!
At the beginning of the 21st century most young people are told that social security won't be there for them when they retire from the work force. Thus, in order to be able to completely retire from the...
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First mutual fund in the US (year 1924 onwards)
Long-Term Compounding (1924 onwards ;-)
The first mutual fund in the US, Massachusetts's Investors Trust, was launched in 1924 with $50,000. A $10,000 investment in 1924, with dividends reinvested, turned to $59,419,337 today!
>> That's the power of long-term compounding in action <<
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2022 - one of the worst years
2022 - one of the worst years ever...
While the S&P 500's 18.1% decline was painful, it was only the fourth-worst stock market year in the last 50 years, only half as bad as the 37% decline in 2008, and better than the 22.1% decline in 2002 and 25.9% decline in 1974.
Yet in each of those ...
DAX Buchwert versus DAX-Notierungen (Sep. 2022)
DAX Buchwert
(German Stock Market-Index DAX versus its Book Value)
Mit der Kurserholung im Aug. 2022 hat die DAX-Kurs-Buchwert-Bewertung mit 1,5 ein höheres Niveau erreicht. In der nun drohenden Phase einer Rezession sowohl in Deutschland als auch in den USA hält die Bank SocGen jedoch...
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Seasonality in an U.S. Midterm-Election year
Seasonality in an U.S. Midterm-Election year
Let's remember, as bad as things may seem, statistics in on the side of investors. The average midterm year – like this one – is typically down as of 5th October. It finishes, however, up 6% on average. Further good...
...prospects (Spoiler: ...
Realzins: Der wirkliche Zinsertrag nach Inflation
Realzins Definiton: Der wirkliche Zinsertrag nach Inflation
5 % Zinsen - über einen solchen Zinssatz würden sich normalerweise die meisten Anleger freuen. Allerdings sieht dies nicht mehr so rosig bei 5 % Inflation aus. Hier würde die Kaufkraft merklich sinken und die...
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Stock Market Returns (ca. 6.75%+ per annum)
(Historical) Stock Market Returns
Many might be surprised to learn, however, that since about 1800, stocks have consistently returned an average of 6.5 to 7.0 percent per year (after inflation). In 2001, the market capitalization of...
...the companies that made up the S&P 500 was about USD ...
(High) Inflation & the US-Stock Market
(HIGH) Inflation & the US-Stock Market
Let's recheck how the Stock Market did in the high-Inflation era (mainly) of the 70s. To begin with, the historical data provided by portfoliovisualizer showed an average inflation number of ca. 9.2% from the years...
...1973 until 1981. In these ...
