28. "We expect to keep the short-term
interest rate at exceptionally low
levels to at least mid-2015... so
long as price stability is
preserved, we will take care not to
raise rates prematurely.“
-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
10/3/2012
32. Dividend payments from
companies in the S&P 500
dropped by…
23.9%
January 2008 to January 2009
Source: Standard and Poors; S&P 500 Market Attributes Snapshot; January 2009
33. According to Cohen and
Steer’s, publicly traded REITs
cut their dividends by
26%
in 2009
Source: Cohen and Steer’s; A Case for REITs as a Hedge Against Inflation; June,2011
34. The risk to principal from
currency fluctuations can reduce
or eliminate any yield advantage
for international bonds
€ 1,000 ≈ $1,205
€ 1,000 ≈ $1,316
€ 1,000 ≈ $1,470
-22%
Source: Yahoo Finance 12/19/2012