11/25/2025
⚠️We drop $100 at the casino, but don’t put $100 into building wealth for our families.
Our community deserves better‼️.⚠️
If you invested $100 in 1970, how much would it be worth today?
Take a moment to enjoy the power of time this graph shows.
At 1990, almost 20 years after the initial investment all of these lines are SO close together! The longer you wait, the bigger difference you see in these numbers.
At 2024, however, we see all of these lines (even cash all the way at the bottom) MUCH higher than they were even 20 years ago.
This graph is not perfect, especially when it comes to real estate. This data uses the Case-Shiller Index to measure the growth of real estate, which is essentially measuring price growth. For such a complex asset class, the researcher admits this is tough to measure. So your takeaway should not be that real estate is not a useless asset class!
A final disclaimer: every time we post about a variety of asset classes, we always hear from the crypto community on the lack of inclusion. This asset class has not been around since 1970 so we cannot use crypto for this case study!
***Each category uses the annual return based on the below:
- Corporate Bonds = Moody's Aaa and Baa from FRED
- Gold = Year-End Price per oz, Inflation = CPI
- Treasury Bonds = 10 year Treasuries from FRED
- Real Estate = Case-Shiller Index
- Cash = 3-month T-bills from FRED