Let's have a little argument, shall we? I'll start by
pointing out how effective stock market investing can be over
the long run. The market has averaged an annual gain of
around 10%, after all, over many decades.
Hold on, you'll say. A lot of stocks haven't come close to
earning 10% in recent years. Here's just a short list of
well-known and well-respected stocks and how they've done
over the past decade:
Company
CAPS Rating
(out of five)
10-Year Avg. Return
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT)
***
0.8%
Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)
*****
3.8%
PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP)
*****
8.2%
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL)
****
6.0%
Nike (NYSE: NKE)
****
9.5% Continued... |