The S&P 500 was launched in 1957, and for the first 30 years it was restricted to a certain portfolio. Bob Schiller: There was basically no price appreciation back in that first 70 years. He says stocks were basically very much like bonds in many ways; you didn't get much of the return from that. The real return basically just came from... there was no inflation back then either,. But it was essentially all the return was coming from dividends.
If you want to know how the market could perform in the future, then look back a couple hundred years. Jeremy Schwartz is the Global Chief Investment Officer at WisdomTree and co-host of the “Behind the Markets” podcast. He’s also co-author of the latest edition of the best-selling book, “Stocks for the Long Run.” Robert Brokamp caught up with Schwartz to discuss: - Why “dying industrial companies” have beaten the broader market - Managing cash in a higher interest rate climate - How often investors should rebalance - The data that the Federal Reserve may be misreading Companies and investments discussed: MSFT, CVS, KO, DTH, AMZN, XOM, CVX, USFR Host: Robert Brokamp Guest: Jeremy Schwartz Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Annie Franks, Tim Sparks
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