Lower Your Expectations for Returns Over the Next Decade
Most financial pundits will tell you that the average annual return from large-company stocks since 1926 is 10.1%. If your investment horizon is a very long way off, you may well get that much. Over any given decade, however, there is a huge variation from the long-term average.
No one has a crystal ball, but you can make assumptions based on current economic trends, corporate earnings
