Month: January 2010

The High Value of Declining Interest Rates

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The U.S. stock market showed impressive gains in 2009. The S&P 500 increased over 26%. However, even after an impressive gain in 2009, the S&P 500 experienced a NEGATIVE rate of return for the decade that just ended. That’s correct. An investment in the U.S. stock market from the end of 1999 to the end of 2009 netted you… Read more »