Things Heard on the News Recently

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Things Heard on the News Recently

• Recession
• Fiscal Cliff
• Unemployment
• Bad Economy
• Occupy Wall Street
• Get Out of the Stock Market
• The Middle Class is Shrinking

2
Stock Market (Equities) Returns

• What do you think the average rate of return for
  the SP 500 over the past few years
• Poor (Negative 2)
• Marginal (2-5)
• Decent (6 - 8)
• Very Good (8 - 12)
• Excellent ( gt12)

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Stock Market (Equities) Returns
Actual Annual Rate of Returns for S P 500
2009 23.45
2010 12.78
2011 -0.00
2012 13.41