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Old 09-20-2013, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 96z28ss View Post
Who can live to see an investment 80 years? isn't that too long of a period to compare?? shouldn't a 50 year span be a better comparison?


Agree.... 80 years is a pretty long time. But if you started to invest like you should have -- at 21 --- and you retired at 65 -- and you lived until you're 90... that's 69 years... so we'll split the difference between 50 and 80 year terms and stick to 69 year terms from now on.
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