A note on equity returns for South African investors

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dc.contributor.author Mare, Eben
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-14T08:12:21Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-14T08:12:21Z
dc.date.issued 2018-07-30
dc.description.abstract On a historical basis, South African equity markets have outperformed inflation significantly. Using returns from the 2016 version of the Credit Suisse Global Investment Sourcebook1, I observe that over the period 1900 to 2015, the annualised real return (i.e. returns adjusted for inflation) for South African equities was 7.3% compared to 1.8% for bonds and 1.0% for shorter-term bills. I compare these returns with US annual real returns of 6.4% for equities, 2.0% for bonds, and 0.8% for bills over the same period. en_ZA
dc.description.department Mathematics and Applied Mathematics en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2019 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.sajs.co.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Maré E. A note on equity returns for South African investors. South African Journal of Science 2018;114(7/8), Art. #a0276, 2 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.17159/sajs.2018/a0276. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0038-2353 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1996-7489 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.17159/sajs.2018/a0276
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68658
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Academy of Science of South Africa en_ZA
dc.rights © 2018. The Author(s). Published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence. en_ZA
dc.subject Equities en_ZA
dc.subject Earnings en_ZA
dc.subject Volatility en_ZA
dc.subject Risk en_ZA
dc.subject Real return en_ZA
dc.subject Risk adjusted returns en_ZA
dc.subject South African investors en_ZA
dc.title A note on equity returns for South African investors en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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