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"It's not that the expected return on stock right now is really that high," he said.
Then there are factors such as the return on stock lending (when fund managers allow people like short-sellers to borrow stocks for a fee).
It found that those surveyed believed a fair return on stock investments was 20percentt, and a fair return on fixed-income investments was 12 to 15percentt.
So the rate of return on stock investments made now will probably be much lower than the returns people got in the past.
(Most of the rest, including the CEOs of Heineken and Vodafone, dropped off because of a significant decline in stock price). On average, these 100 CEOs generated a 2,507% return on stock (adjusted for exchange-rate effects) during a 17-year tenure, for a 21% average annual return.
With the rate of return on stock market investment somewhere between rotten and "recovering," and bonds generating an anemic 3to5percentent, commercial real estate has taken on luster as a stable, advantageous investment, according to people in the field.
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"A return of at least 7% is clearly a good investment because it exceeds the historical return on stocks; a return below 3% would be a poor investment since one could do better by investing in bonds".
But in fact, it seems like the average return on stocks has been very high.
Historically, the total return on stocks is 11percentt a year, with dividends averaging 4.5percentt, observed John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group.
In any case, Social Security could capture the return on stocks, without putting individuals at risk, by investing in equities directly.
What could happen in the long term if the dividend tax is dropped? A. Americans might start saving more to take advantage of the higher return on stocks.
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