Friday, November 05, 2010

Long Term Growth Rate of Stocks


I first read this last week over at The Big Picture and thought it was worth sharing. This visualization is based on the stock market data used in Irrational Exuberance. Written by Rober Shiller, this book explores the reasons why bubbles form in stock markets and housing markets.


This chart does a pretty good job of showing the lost decade of equity investing.