It is true that stocks
outperform bonds and cash in the long run, but that statistic doesn't tell the whole story.
Stocks have historically
outperformed bonds and cash over the long term.
Stocks have historically
outperformed bonds and cash over the long term.
Not exact matches
As my Canadian MoneySaver article explains in detail, if
bond returns over the next three years turn out to be similar to those in our simulation, XBB would still
outperform both XSB
and cash during the full six - year period beginning in 2009.
Since 1925, stocks have handily
outperformed bonds on average,
and bonds have outpaced
cash, which has essentially kept pace with inflation.
Both stocks
and bonds generally
outperform cash, so it makes sense that the longer you take to move
cash into either of those assets or a combination of them, the lower your return is likely to be in most cases.