33.3% Return in 10 Years

Greg · 07-11-2005, 05:55 AM

Sounds good to me.

**Mike** · 07-11-2005, 08:01 AM

Don't be sucked in by the 33% total return.

A 5% annual return on $7.50 = $10.05 after 6 years.

A 4% annual return on $7.50 = $10.26 after 8 years.

A 3% annual return on $7.50 = $10.08 after 10 years.

3% annual returns aren't good, unless you are talking about emergency cash reserves and high yield money market accounts with great liquidity.

Greg · 07-11-2005, 11:05 AM

I was posting it because I liked the WW2 artwork and it did have some investing content.

**grandma** · 07-11-2005, 02:42 PM

That was an era of National participation.

There were big bond rallies all over, movie stars selling them, & you could get a kiss too! It took a lot of allowance savings, back then, to buy one! It was easier to save string & peel the foil off the gum wrpappers !!!

Greg · 07-12-2005, 02:32 AM

Yeah, I liked the picture and thought I was interesting that getting 33.3% return after 10 years was suppose to bea good deal. Now days people want 33% return in 1 year.Plus there is Mlk_Man with his super-duper"investment strategy that can make 80-100 % gains every year!!"

**grandma** · 07-12-2005, 04:16 AM

Greg wrote:

Now days people want 33% return in 1 year.

Who wouldn't!!! Why not !!I'd take it !!

And, Mike among others here, are too young to recognize some of the less re-circulated posters from 1940's.

My favorites are `Uncle Sam Wants You,' and `loose lips sink ships.' The latter one should have been revived & posted in every news media editor's office & engraved on the imbedded reporters' foreheads several years ago.

**Spaf** · 07-12-2005, 04:41 AM

I understand what you are saying. I agree! However, I have a memory conflict that keeps telling me something entirely different!

I enjoy the WW-II information! However,

Greg · 07-12-2005, 04:50 AM

grandma wrote:

My favorites are `Uncle Sam Wants You,' and `loose lips sink ships.' The latter one should have been revived & posted in every news media editor's office & engraved on the imbedded reporters' foreheads several years ago.

Greg · 07-12-2005, 04:54 AM

grandma wrote:

My favorites are `Uncle Sam Wants You,' and `loose lips sink ships.' The latter one should have been revived & posted in every news media editor's office & engraved on the imbedded reporters' foreheads several years ago.

**Mike** · 07-12-2005, 05:12 AM

I recognize WWII era items; I have a very strong command of history.

My point was focused on what was portrayed as a "good" return. Less than 3% annually is anything but that.

07-12-2005, 05:15 AM

Mike wrote:

I recognize WWII era items; I have a very strong command of history.

I can verify that!

**grandma** · 07-12-2005, 02:04 PM

grandma wrote:

And, Mike among others here, are too young to recognize some of the less re-circulated posters from 1940's.

I phrased this wrong, Mike, & I apologize to you & our history buffs. At somerecent point inourPublic School education: history, it seems some of the pertinent facts are being left out and the US is being portrayed as the bad guys -I was too inclusive in my statment,.

Spaf - in your duty-time, a lot of our citizenship was certainly led astray by the anti-war movement and followed their lead blindly, unhesitantly. It seems, now, that those who were the prominent leaders of this group were, in fact, fully aware of what they were doing. Checking out certain politician's secret meetings w/the Viet Cong & Chinese in Paris - check out Wintersoldier.com - A slow, tedious search through the millions of papers turned over to the US by the VC, Down at Austin, UT. I tell you, Spaf, & the other Vets, Korea `the forgotten war,' Vietnam, `the betrayed war' and all who have served : Thank You.

grandma