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Stocks are the best performing asset class over the long term. Here's why

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Financial markets are in a period of major volatility with wild swings occurring for stock, bond, and commodity prices across the globe.

Over the last 100 years , U.S. stocks have produced an annual return of around 10% Adjusted for inflation, this is slightly lower but still a strong real return for anyone who has bought and held stocks for decades at a time.

Stocks are the best performing asset class over the long term.

Stock Advisor’s total average return is 792% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 153% for the S&P 500.

Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004 ... if you invested $ 1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $ 524,747 !.

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