6 years from now....sex it up.

If six years ago someone told be that the easiest way to sextuple your money would be to buy a cement company, I would have laughed. Behold the power of the turtle and compounding:


Lessons to be learned: a) good long-term returns are about limiting drawdowns/consistency; b) the "fad" investments of today should be viewed with skepticism, ie "is everything really different this time?" So maybe you should rethink about buying into the energy sector fund in 06.