Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?
by lifeformed on Sunday December 11, 2016 @06:41AM
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7% in the long term, but with big fluctuations.
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Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?
by davidwihl on Sunday December 11, 2016 @08:14AM
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Which fund? According to whom?
SPY / VFIAX / S&P 500 has a CAGR 4.9% from Nov 2000 to Nov 2016.
Re:Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?
by Huppie on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:11PM
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Not too long ago the long term rolling returns for the S&P 500 where still somewhere around this number. This article [1] is from 2012, not much has changed in the last four years.
"The average 30-year rolling total return for the S&P 500 starting with 1926, is 2,478% or 11.21% annualized (geometric mean). There were several 30-year periods that had annual returns between 8% and 10%."
Having said so, past returns don't guarantee anything for the future. They might give you an indication though.
[1]: http://allfinancialmatters.com/2012/08/29/sp-rolling-total-r...
Edit: Here's [2] a better (?) graph of the S&P 500 with the 30 year rolling returns, inflation adjusted and dividends reinvested. Source[3]