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Are a lot of people forgetting the 2011 GT is still a GT?
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<blockquote data-quote="mustangc" data-source="post: 10331772" data-attributes="member: 87570"><p>The corrected average rate of return for the S&P 500 was 11.39% over the past 30 years. When adjusted for inflation, the rate drops to 7.68%, which is nearly 70% of 11.39%. Therefore, I was less than half wrong even if you include inflation.</p><p></p><p>However, including inflation is not appropriate in this discussion. I simply stated how much the $475 annuity might be worth after 30 years of investment. I made no claims of the purchasing power of that money. If you demand that inflation is considered when assessing the outcome of the investment, then to be fair you must also include inflation in the amount of money you are putting into the investment by NOT buying a new car. The $475 figure was used based on today's average car payment. Inflation will cause that number to increase as well, and thus cause the monthly investment value to increase by an amount that nearly offsets inflation. Rather than cloud the discussion with all of that, I chose to keep it simpler by ignoring inflation altogether.</p><p></p><p>As for being a rat in the wheel, I just wanted to convey that I, too, had once believed the same myths and misconceptions that many others in this forum have argued. I would prefer to learn how to win from someone who has overcome adversity, not from someone who has never faced it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mustangc, post: 10331772, member: 87570"] The corrected average rate of return for the S&P 500 was 11.39% over the past 30 years. When adjusted for inflation, the rate drops to 7.68%, which is nearly 70% of 11.39%. Therefore, I was less than half wrong even if you include inflation. However, including inflation is not appropriate in this discussion. I simply stated how much the $475 annuity might be worth after 30 years of investment. I made no claims of the purchasing power of that money. If you demand that inflation is considered when assessing the outcome of the investment, then to be fair you must also include inflation in the amount of money you are putting into the investment by NOT buying a new car. The $475 figure was used based on today's average car payment. Inflation will cause that number to increase as well, and thus cause the monthly investment value to increase by an amount that nearly offsets inflation. Rather than cloud the discussion with all of that, I chose to keep it simpler by ignoring inflation altogether. As for being a rat in the wheel, I just wanted to convey that I, too, had once believed the same myths and misconceptions that many others in this forum have argued. I would prefer to learn how to win from someone who has overcome adversity, not from someone who has never faced it. [/QUOTE]
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