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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
What does the interest on the bond not being tax deductible and investment income being taxed have to do with anything? Unless you pay off the bond in monopoly money, the income you used to pay it WAS taxed.
And BTW, the historical ROI in the stock market over the last 100 years is about 8%, so on a 30 year investment, you should be pretty close to that average, not just "for a while"
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Someone posted making a certain profit on a stock market investment, but didn't account for taxes. So the point is, one may have to deduct 15 or 20%, or whatever bracket a person is in, to show the true earnings. And BTW, as any seasoned investor is aware, past performance is no guarantee of future earnings. Stock returns have varied greatly by decade. You may get lucky and be in a decade or two of high earnings, or you may hit negative territory. Some investment gurus have said the says of double digit returns are a thing of the past, and we'll be lucky to get 6% on our investments over time. The thing is, no one has a crystal ball. If we did we would have bought Apple stock when it was $12/share.