16 June 2010

Historical Returns Per Region After Inflation

An overview of the annual returns of equities, gold, bonds, cash and the permanent portfolio as well as the annual inflation rate and returns per decade after inflation (Purch. Pow.). 

  • Returns in Europe starting in 1999 when the Euro was introduced untill 2009:



  • Returns in the U.S. after abandoning the gold standard in 1972 until 2009 (per decade) (Credit to  Craigr for the original returns, difference here: T-Bills are used for the cash instead of ST Bonds and SP500 Total Returns are used for the stocks instead of the Russel2000):
















  • Returns in Iceland from 2003 until 2009:



  • Returns in U.K. from 1972 until 2008: here