The average return of the U.S. stock market has been 8.5% per year over the past 152 years (1871 to 2023); note that this is the “simple” average across all years (also known as the “arithmetic” ...
Lesley-Anne Scorgie is a Toronto-based personal finance columnist and a freelance contributor to various sites, including the Star / Toronto Star. @TorontoStar. This week, I read her holiday shopping ...