Where Will Prices Be 10 Years From Now?

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📙 10 YEARS FROM NOW

Ben Carlson | A Wealth of Common Sense

Ben Carlson writes, “It feels like we’re in a weird place from the perspective of the economy and financial assets. Housing prices seem too high. Consumer prices seem too high. Stock prices seem too high. Government debt seems too high.

I understand why people are worried. These things are cyclical and the lines can’t go up and to the right forever. Bear markets, financial crises, recessions, etc. are features we cannot do away with.

It can be difficult to see past short-term worries when we know bad things can and will happen. Stocks will fall. The economy will contract. There are no gains without some pain.

However, I prefer to focus on the long term when investing in risk assets. Long-term returns are the only ones that matter.

Here are some questions I like to consider when trying to look past short-term worries.”

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