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by deepnotderp 3262 days ago
First of all, 5% interest rate is amazing, please tell people to stop investing in index funds and invest in the Magic Avocado Fund (tm) instead! ;)

On a serious note, if you're talking about houses, then house prices should increase as well in that time, assuming inflationary forces keep up.

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Let me google that for you: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/where-does-7-come-from-when-i...

4-6% inflation adjusted return is not unreasonable or amazing.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-historical-return-of-real-...

"So far this decade, the U.S. stock market is ahead once again. And for the past 40 years, it would have earned you almost 4 times as much as U.S. residential real estate."