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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1908679, member: 37498&quot;]I think what would be more meaningful, is to choose 100+ sets of two dates at random, at least 2 years apart, no more than 70 years apart, and then calculate the average gain or loss after taking inflation into account.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be wholly accurate, one should probably also factor in a little buyers premium up front, and perhaps a discount on the sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, figure in multiple buy dates at random and one sale date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, figure in systematic buy dates (once a month or once a year), and one sale date.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect for many of the points in the data sets, the imaginary buyer would either break even, or come out slightly behind.&nbsp; There would only be a small percentage who actually came out ahead.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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