Comments on: How to Achieve Predictable Stock Market Returns

By: Mark Wolfinger

Mark Wolfinger — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:26:38 +0000

“We can say with a fair amount of certainty that market returns for the next 30 years will be somewhere in the 7-10% range.”

Fair amount of certainty?
There is no reason to believe the future will resemble the past.

By: Kai Lo

Kai Lo — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:40:40 +0000

I never believe in predictable stock market returns. Better off sticking with long-term investments than jumping in and out of the market.

By: PM l ON-LINE

PM l ON-LINE — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:58:13 +0000

with 30 years money to be save on, I think normal health insurance or retirement insurance already do a good job with “a guarantee I think “so rather follow the chart and lose the money to the company that wont pay me full at the 25 years investment when I got accident I rather put my money away from this 7-9% yearly “profit predictions

By: B7

B7 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:05:00 +0000

I don’t think 7-10% is very good. Inflation will eat up most of that.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:19:56 +0000

“Unfortunately, volatility is the price of admission.” That statement cannot be emphasized enough.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:09:26 +0000

Sorry I meant what his first name is, I feel weird calling people Oblivious Investor or Moneyning (in your case).

By: ObliviousInvestor

ObliviousInvestor — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:04:45 +0000

Tom:

If you’re asking about the “Oblivious Investor” blog name and where it came from, an explanation is here:
http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/about/

If you’re asking what is my actual name, it’s Mike Piper.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:02:46 +0000

David, I certainly need to get more familiar with the industry first. Thanks for the resources.

And I don’t want to sound rude but what is “Oblivious Investor” name?

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:45:23 +0000

tom: Thanks for subscribing and I’m sure you will learn lots. I encourage you to look through the archives since I write try to explain a bunch of different terms on my investing blog as opposed to mostly opinion pieces.

Setting aside some money to invest is always a good idea but as you age and your assets grow, you will find that you need to be invested with most of your assets somewhere (real estate, stocks, bonds, and whatever else).

First, understand that investing is a necessity as opposed to a way to get rich quick. I believe right now you are thinking about buying stocks when you are investing but investing is a much broader subject all together.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:35:43 +0000

Thanks David, I am subscribed to both blogs now. And i will keep tabs on here.

Is it make sense to first set aside like an investment fund and just use that for investing, meaning having money set aside that you can afford to loose.
As bad as that sounds.