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		huijzer on July 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Does generative AI facilitate investor trading? Ev... 5% is decent? The index made about 10% on average, Peter Lynch about 30%, and Buffett in the ‘60s was at 40-50%.

kjkjadksj on July 17, 2024 | [–]

5% return is a pretty common estimate for passive investing. I certainly didn't come up with it, smarter people than me did and spread it all over financial news media.

skybrian on July 18, 2024 | [–]

Maybe it’s inflation-adjusted?

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