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Old 02-08-2014, 09:17 AM   #2423
Eric Vail
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That's a compounded annual rate of return of 4.4% since 1955. If they had put the money in the Dow instead, they'd have almost $1.8 million.

My parents bough a house in Wildwood in 1968 for $15,000 so I suspect the initial 1950s price of $55,000 had an extra digit.
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