Good time, long term: the 125-year investment birthday celebration

Good time, long term: the 125-year investment birthday celebration
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David Chaplin
For those planning on being born today and living to 125, the obvious conclusion after reading the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2025 would be to go long equities, preferably the US.The 26th edition of the highly regarded annual compendium of historical performance of multiple asset classes across 35 countries declares the long-term winner, as per the previous 25 reports.Produced by UK academics – Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, Mike Staunton, or DMS for short – the yearbook executive summary notes that the outperformance of equi...

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