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Are US Equities a good investment?

In the 50 years ending 2019, the Dimson team reported that returns from world ex-US equities and government bonds were approximately equal at 5.0 per cent and 5.1 per cent, respectively. Still, the US has been exceptional. Or at least that is what the data has told us so far.

Do stocks outperform bonds over the long run?

The belief that stocks outperform bonds over the long run sits behind almost every strategic asset allocation process and is backed by centuries of empirical data. The longest series of American financial asset returns in general circulation stretches back to 1871.

How much do stocks outperform bonds over a 10-year holding period?

This article has been corrected to state that in the dataset challenged by new research, stocks’ median outperformance of bonds over a 10-year holding period has been 3.7 percentage points a year, rising to 4.6 percentage points per annum over 50-year holding periods.

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