Average Is Not Normal

Average is not normal

THE LAST 80 YEARS THE STOCK MARKET

AVERAGED 10 percent

during those 80 years

ANNUAL RETURNS LOOKED LIKE THIS

34 38 -13 -28 -43 -8 56 5 44 33 34 28 3 -7 -10 16 29 21 38 -6 4 2 20 30 20 14 1 50 25 8 -10 45 13 1 27 -10 21 16 14 -9 28 14 -10 1 16 17 -18 -28 38 27 -3 8 24 33 -3 21 23 5 32 17 2 18 29 -6 35 10 11 0 37 21 31 24 24 -11 -11 -21 32 12 6 15

HOW MANY OF THOSE RETURNS

WERE BETWEEN

9 AND 11 percent

OR EVEN CLOSE TO: average

34 38 -13 -28 -43 -8 56 5 44 33 34 28 3 -7 -10 16 29 21 38 -6 4 2 20 30 20 14 1 50 25 8 -10 45 13 1 27 -10 21 16 14 -9 28 14 -10 1 16 17 -18 -28 38 27 -3 8 24 33 -3 21 23 5 32 17 2 18 29 -6 35 10 11 0 37 21 31 24 24 -11 -11 -21 32 12 6 15

2 OUT OF 80

SO YOU MAY BE PLANNING ON

IN REALITY YOU WILL EXPERIENCE

DOES IT MATTER ?

what if you started

it would have mattered to YOU

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