Those returns were
incredibly volatile — a
stock might be down 30 % one year and up 50 % the next — but the power of owning a well - diversified portfolio of incredible businesses that churn out real profit, firms such as Coca - Cola, Walt Disney, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson, has rewarded owners far more lucratively than bonds, real estate, cash equivalents, certificates of deposit and money markets, gold and gold coins, silver, art, or most other asset classes.
While that may work well in the
stock market where investments are held for years or even decades, it's
incredibly dangerous when used in short durations in a
volatile market like currencies.