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Stocks Averaged A 7.35% Premium Annually Over T-Bills For Past Two Decades
Published Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at: 5:04 PM EDT
The stock market has been new breaking record highs for nearly a year now, and stocks are high-priced by some traditional historical measures, such as trailing 12-month earnings. With some pundits saying stock market risk is high, this is a good time to note how investors have been compensated for taking the extra risk of investing in stocks instead of parking cash in a so-called riskless asset like 90-day Treasury bills.
Stocks, as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500, in the 20 years ended June 30th, 2021, averaged an 8.61% annual return, compared to the meager 1.26% annual return on a the risk-free 90-day U.S Treasury Bill.
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