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Cool but although I agree with the general message :

"The market returned 214.6% during this period or 21.05% annually."

This simple math statement is wrong and makes me wonder about this website accuracy.

edit : yes this was for a period of 9 years on the market which should be around 9% annual returns instead.

I don't see that text on the page. Was it a 6-year period? If so, the accuracy is basically perfect. (21.05% annual growth will return 214.6% after 5.9996 years.) Otherwise, weird.

> edit : yes this was for a period of 10 years on the market which should be around 8% annual returns instead.

How did you get a period of 10 years? It runs in 3-year increments.

You get some text in the Results box after you finish.

That would be right for 6 years, assuming 214.6% return means that you finished with 3.146x the starting amount.

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