I love the Callan Periodic Table of Investing Returns. This chart shows major asset classes and how they’ve done from 1992-2011. It shows very vividly the unpredictable nature of the markets and why holding a diversified investing portfolio is a good idea. It doesn’t show gold and long-term bonds that the Permanent Portfolio also uses, but the general idea still comes across.

Callan Periodic Table of Investing Returns

Thanks to the people at Callan for putting this together.

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