Too many people have been expecting the much higher than
average returns of the end of the 1990s to carry them through
their retirement. The truth is that future returns are unlikely to
repeat this performance and could be less than average.
Low inflation makes the return environment for both stocks
and bonds less hopeful even when the economy is in fine shape.
And recessions—yes, there will be more—will undermine corporate
earnings and stock returns even more, while lowering the
yield on all types of bonds. Smaller personal portfolios, savaged
in the bear market that began in 2000, mean returns have to be
higher. And the tampering that is going on with promised corporate
pension benefits means there is less of a cushion for millions
of investors.
average returns of the end of the 1990s to carry them through
their retirement. The truth is that future returns are unlikely to
repeat this performance and could be less than average.
Low inflation makes the return environment for both stocks
and bonds less hopeful even when the economy is in fine shape.
And recessions—yes, there will be more—will undermine corporate
earnings and stock returns even more, while lowering the
yield on all types of bonds. Smaller personal portfolios, savaged
in the bear market that began in 2000, mean returns have to be
higher. And the tampering that is going on with promised corporate
pension benefits means there is less of a cushion for millions
of investors.
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