If you invested $100,000.00 this past decade, according to the Case Shiller Report, your return on that investment would have either put you in the hole … or not… depending on whether you’d invested in stocks, bonds, or in real estate:
January 1, 2000 – December 31, 2009
Source: Return on investment: %
DOW Less than $95,000 -5.6
S&P 500 Less than $80,000 -20.9%
Nasdaq Less than $60,000 -43.9%
Real Estate Up almost $50,000 +56.2%