By Investment U Research Team Successful investing is all about returns—the higher your return on investment (ROI), the better the investment was! Different investment options have different rates of return and varying risk associated with them. Often, the two correlate. Historically, the stock market has shown itself to be the perfect balance of risk versus reward. It begs the question: what’s the average stock market return and is the ROI worth it?
The stock market historically returns an average 7-8%*
You’re probably looking at the asterisk in the above headline with suspicion. Don’t worry, 7-8% is the real value of average stock market returns. The reason it’s …read more
