After all, over the long term they have produced better returns on
average than other assets.
Not exact matches
Aside borrowers, investors benefit from regular monthly returns at an
average rate of 15.5 per cent, which is significantly higher
than other asset classes.
The November 2013 Wells Fargo / Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index survey found investors more confident in the stock market
than in
other aspects of the economy; still, fewer
than four in 10 said the stock market is an excellent or good way for
average Americans to grow their
assets.
Also because of regulations, smaller retail investors have effectively been blocked from participating in higher - yielding investments — namely, private equity and venture capital, whose 10 - year compound annual growth rates have
averaged 11.8 and 11 percent, quite a bit more
than Treasuries, equities and
other common
asset classes.
The central banker also warned against taking comfort in statistics that show, on
average, growth in Canadians»
assets are vastly outpacing their debts, pointing to
other countries whose banks made the «classic mistake» of lending based more on borrowers»
assets than their liabilities.
Dollar cost
averaging describes a way of investing in which a person buys a stock or
other asset in a series of small purchases over time rather
than in one large purchase.
Second, your policy gains are tax free and thus better
than your
average 2 % in the market AND your real estate gains are also likely tax advantaged AND we haven't even reached a discussion of depreciation or the deductible expenses of maintaining your real estate investment... (similar tax advantages can apply to many
other asset categories as well).
Without life insurance, hard earned
assets and savings that were intended for
other purposes may have to be used for paying off debt, funding living costs, or paying the high cost of one's final expenses — which today can
average more
than $ 10,000 in some areas.
Second, your policy gains are tax free and thus better
than your
average 2 % in the market AND your real estate gains are also likely tax advantaged AND we haven't even reached a discussion of depreciation or the deductible expenses of maintaining your real estate investment... (similar tax advantages can apply to many
other asset categories as well).