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Recurring US Total-Market Investing Through the Oil Shock and Stagflation
What if you had invested about $220 per month in the US total market (VTI proxy) for 10 years starting right after the 1973 oil shock?
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What does this scenario show?
Compounding that overcame even stagflation
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Data sources and limitations
- Based on adjusted close (dividends and splits reflected); FX effect not reflected. Note: VTI was listed in May 2001. The earlier period (1973–2001) is a hypothetical simulation based on US total-market index returns.
- Based on adjusted close (dividends and splits reflected); unless otherwise noted, the exchange rate (FX effect) is not reflected.
- Trading fees and taxes are not reflected. Your actual after-tax return is lower than this.
- This is a result based on past data and does not guarantee future returns.
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