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Re:If you invested $1 a day, starting when you were born by bobbyhotpockets on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @11:34AM (#11253912)
Is inflation included? Surprising to see such an important detail absent from the explanation of how returns are calculated.
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Re:If you invested $1 a day, starting when you were born by fragsworth on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @11:40AM (#11253943)
From what it looks, no. And yes, that's a critical factor.
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Re:If you invested $1 a day, starting when you were born by marvel_boy on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @11:56AM (#11254038)
It is not. Neither transaction costs.
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Re:If you invested $1 a day, starting when you were born by bduerst on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @12:42PM (#11254370)
Wouldn't transactions costs make this negative?
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