As an American, you have been…lied to, tricked, scammed ...

+dividend yield = 2%+earnings growth = 5%investment return = 7%-2% inflation = 5%-2% fund manager fee = 3%-1% investment advisor = 2%-2% fund pickers = 0% When you invest in actively managed mutual funds you put up 100% of the capital and take 100% of the risk and if you make money, they take up to 70% or more of the upside in fees. ................
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