The average return is zero though. Risk free interest rates are about 2% and inflation is 2%, and very importantly, your actual return can be below zero as well as above it.
Saying owners have it better off than workers seems essentially the same as saying it's easy to beat the market (capital markets in general) consistently. A lot of people scoff at that regularly, including on HN.
The average return is zero though. Risk free interest rates are about 2% and inflation is 2%, and very importantly, your actual return can be below zero as well as above it.
Saying owners have it better off than workers seems essentially the same as saying it's easy to beat the market (capital markets in general) consistently. A lot of people scoff at that regularly, including on HN.