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equity · 7 assets

Market overview

+950% since 1988-06 · 7 assets, equal-weighted

956671,2401,813
1988-062026-08 · 1,050

DCA Backtest

Invested
£42,100
Value today
£84,518
Return
+100.8%
Months invested
421

Scenarios

Inflation — the same contributions merely keeping pace with CPI would be £73,265 today, so the real (inflation-adjusted) return is +15.4%.

Lump sum instead — £42,100 all at once in Jun 1988: £441,910 (+949.7%) — lump sum came out ahead.

Worst timing — same monthly amount started at the all-time high (Dec 2021): £4,498 on £5,300 invested (-15.1%).

⚠ Price returns only — dividends are not included. This understates the true return of dividend-paying shares, and any comparison against crypto (which pays no dividends) is biased against equities by roughly the dividend yield, compounded.

Hypothetical — this backtests the group’s cap-weighted index, which isn’t directly investable. A real tracker fund adds fees and tracking difference, and the index only spans months where enough members have history.

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