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To: Why So Serious

Some P/E as of this moring:

Proctor & Gamble: 15
Kraft Foods: 19
Weyerhouser: 5.9
Microsoft: 9.2
Raytheon: 7.4
Ford: 6.1
Wal*Mart: 10.9

The implied ROI:

Proctor & Gamble 6.7%
Kraft Foods 5.3%
Weyerhouser 16.9%
Microsoft 10.9%
Raytheon 13.5%
Ford 16.4%
Wal*Mart 9.2%

It I had invested a dollar in gold on December 31, 1983, today it would be worth $4.25. The same dollar in my 401k would worth $8.17 without the company match. In a savings account at 5% it would be worth $3.84. If I had invested it in residential real estate locally, it would be worth about $2.98. I am ignoring taxes in all cases. However, only in a 401k, can I avoid taxes.


24 posted on 08/09/2011 12:34:46 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

What if you invested in December 1973, 1993, 2003 ... I guess it depends on when you get in. i was looking at a ten year investment due to the fact that most often we use a 10 year look at performance


30 posted on 08/10/2011 7:36:33 AM PDT by Why So Serious (There is no cure for stupidity!!!)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Just to pick a different date .. Decemebr 31, 1971.
If you put $1 into Gold it is worth $50, and if you put $1 into stocks it is worth $12 [without your company match, I guess!]


31 posted on 08/10/2011 7:59:50 AM PDT by Why So Serious (There is no cure for stupidity!!!)
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