Long-term Treasury bonds versus the S&P 500
Bonds have outperformed stocks over the past three decades, the first time that has happened for a 30-year period since the Civil War. Since 1981, long-term Treasury bonds have gained 11.5 percent a year on average, beating the 10.8 percent average increase in the S&P 500.
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