I'd like to what different types of IRA accounts are available. Is 30% ROI rare? What is an above average ROI I can expect that is common?
25%? Where and how can I research companies for good ROIs.TIA
Brent
I'd like to what different types of IRA accounts are available. Is 30% ROI rare? What is an above average ROI I can expect that is common?
25%? Where and how can I research companies for good ROIs.TIA
Brent
ROI is return on investment. The higher the return the higher the risks. 30% is indeed very rare. I think on a long term basis, with a diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds, you should be able to see gains of 10% per year, give or take.
When you are talking about ROI for individual companies, you can research that from a number of sources. I would suggest the business section of your library.
The past long term (20 years or more) compound annual total return of the S&P 500 index has been shown to be around 10%. With long term treasury yields under 5%, a portfolio combination of the S&P 500 index with a significant portion of bonds will have an expected compound annual total return well under 10%.
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Thanks. I appreciate everyone's response. 10%? Ha? That's very low when I hear about 21% ROI on the average that Dave Ramsey keeps talking about. Am I missing something here?
10% - a consistent 10% - is a very good return. In the long run, historically, that's about what the stock market has done, *before* inflation. After inflation is taken into account, it's a bit worse. (see, for example,
The only way to get that kind of return without taking a huge HUGE risk is if you have a heap of debt on a very high interest credit card and you pay down that debt.
Perhaps you'll be more specific about where you heard about this absurdly high 21% ROI? At a glance at Ramsey's site, I found no mentions of it.
His site seems to be full of "come to my seminar" crap and an online store, but fairly prominently, there's a link which takes you to his "7 Baby Steps" page and that page seems rather reasonable:
Now, I might argue a bit with the order - if one has a decently low fixed mortgage rate, paying off the home very reasonably can be moved to last place. And even college funding can be pushed down - I don't think 15% is enough for retirement savings, and additional retirement savings should probably come before worrying about college costs, but these are really minor points and the overall picture is quite good - pay off debts, save, invest, and have a safety cushion.
The only part of that which could conceivably suggest a 21% ROI is paying credit cards with absurdly high interest rates.
But I'm open to correction - where exactly did you see this?
I have listened to Dave Ramsey's program on and off. I have heard him talked of 12% annual gains with a diversified portfolio. Risk adjusted that may be within a reasonable range. I have never heard him say anything about a 21% annual gain, long term.
Wow. Just wow. Someone's bought it -- the whole sh'bang. Hook line and sinker.
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