How much money you really made from the stock market this year

submitted by trident765 from self.nonmorons

The ETF VOO that tracks the SP500 has gone up 15% this year.

But the ETF TIP which tracks inflation went up 8.3% this year.

Divide 1.15/1.083 and this tells you that your real market gains for the year were only 6%.

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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

6% is amazing compared to what you get in a savings account. And that's basically free money you've done no real work to earn.

[–]fschmidt 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Considering that humanity has become completely worthless and productivity is close to zero, a 6% real return is quite good. Anything giving a higher return is just gambling on speculative bubbles.