One-time Investment Calc. Rate of Return Calculator Retirement Planning Calc. Retirment Asset Allocation RRSP Graphing Calculator RRSP Tax Savings Calculator After-Tax Returns Calc. Murray says that the time is ripe for investors to get into the stock market, primarily because there is a bargain basement stock sale going on. Furthermore, he says that the place to be is in stocks, which he divides into four different categories.
Large companies tend to prosper when small ones are bleeding.
He substantiates his position and his unshakeable belief in equity investing by citing the average annual compound average return for different asset classes from 1926 through 2000. Small caps have had the best run, coming in at 12.4 percent, followed by large caps at an even 11 percent. Murray makes another interesting distinction - currency is not the same as purchasing power. That would really hit home to Canadians if we ever were to begin using US currency as our currency. Perhaps the most interesting point of the presentation for me was the discussion of the costs of investing.