annual return
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Our friend Arthur Laffer recently ran updated calculations showing how high the cost can be, assuming an asset is held for five years and earns a 5% inflation-adjusted annual return.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In a recent study, Ang found that over the past century, federal income taxes knocked the 10.5% average annual return on U.S. stocks down to 7%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The midcap momentum fund earned an average of about 11.4% a year, comfortably beating the 9% annual return of the midcap index.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
A $1.2 million portfolio with an average annual return of 7% could hit $3.3 million in 15 years, even without additional contributions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
These are grounds of hope for others; for ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
