Long description
The vertical axis ranges from 0 to 100 dollars in increments of 10 and horizontal axis lists dates from 1970 to 2015 in 5-year increments. The compound annual returns shown in the graph are as follows:
REITs: 10.89 percent
U.S. Equities: 9.50 percent
Gold: 4.08 percent
Inflation: 1.87 percent
The data shown in the graph is given in the following table. The values given are approximate.
| Year | Rate of Return (dollars) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Equities | T-Bills | T-Bonds | C-Bonds | Inflation | International Equities | |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1985 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
| 1990 | 3.57 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 1995 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
| 2000 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 22 |
| 2005 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 40 | 61 |
| 2010 | 8.2 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 43 | 60 |
| 2015 | 8.55 | 8 | 21.44 | 29.2 | ||
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