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Long-term real returns above 10% are rare

MarketWatch highlights a mismatch between many investors' expectations and historical market outcomes, saying long-term real returns above 10% annualized are exceedingly rare.

The outlet frames the point as a “tough truth” about how difficult it is to achieve sustained high real returns over extended periods.

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