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		aeternum on June 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is the stock market's growth largely anyth... UK stock markets have returned a similar 7.5% over the last 119 years (~4.9% above inflation). MSCI China over the last 2 decades has returned over 12%.

staticman2 on June 1, 2022 | [–]

I tried to look up what you said about China. IShares MSCI China ETF data on portfoliovisualizer.com only goes back to 2012 and shows 4.27% returns .

I don't know if your statement about MSCi China is correct but if so you are cherry picking based on an unusual start date.

dosinga on June 1, 2022 | [–]

> MSCI China has returned over 12%

Not per year: https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/aa99c3a4-d48b-44ac-8caa...

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