Evidently you had a small portion of your present investments in the market when it went down; hence, what you've continued to invest while the market was down explains your rewards. That doesn't change the fact that the inflation adjusted market has only in the last week regained parity with its 2007 level.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
Are you really this stupid??
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE SUBJECT -- HOW THE ECONOMY HAS IMPROVED SINCE OBAMA TOOK OFFICE IN EARLY 2009!!!
What happened prior to that and whose fault it was and whether or not the market has simply returned to its 2007 level is
IRRELEVANT to the discussion. If you want to start a thread on whose fault the recession of 2008 was or how investing in the stock market is not a good idea in the long run, feel free to do so. You may be 100% correct that the investments I had in 2007 are only at parity in today's market. But the money I've invested in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 has grown dramatically. And I personally attribute it at least in part to Obama. Just as I attribute to the economic growth in the 1980s at least in part to Reagan