Average DJIA return. My portfolio is up about 80% from January 2009... 2009 was a great time to buy. DJIA from 6000 to over 11000 points?!
Understood, but had everyone known the market was going to be at 11000 today, it would not have been at 6000 at that time, and don't forget it was at 14000 at some point in early 2008. My point was that you can't find fixed income returns at 8% unless you are willing to take more equity like risk.