Neil

From 50K to 500K

22 Years ago, almost to the day (7/31/1996), I took $50K from my IRA account and created the 2 for 1 model portfolio. No money has been added or withdrawn from that Roth IRA since that date. Today the portfolio crossed the half-million dollar mark for the first time. That’s an 11%+ annualized return. The […]

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Can This Be True?

I came across this chart on LinkedIn and wondered if this could be accurate. The actual numbers are S&P 500 12/31/1999 – 1469.25 / S&P 500 12/31/2017 – 2673.61. This is a gain of 81.97%, or 3.38% annualized. Add in dividends and you’re up to 5.40% (see ^SP500TR at finance.yahoo.com) The 2 for 1 Index® has

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