Part of the way they con you citing "facts" such as bolded above is to never use inflation adjusted numbers.
That statement is true in constant (inflation adjusted) dollars.
No it is not true in inflation adjusted dollars.
First of all you have to be very careful about whose measures of inflation you believe for this kind of a calculation. This is very important.
www.shadowstats.comSecondly, for any given starting and ending dates for an investment, whether you make a profit or lose is a random thing.
Third, at this time there is massive over investment in the stock market in order to get a basic return on investment, which cannot be done with savings. This over investment is due for a correction in my opinion.
Remember that at the very time that government wants to prevent capital flight, they will lie on every number, every statistic and try to prevent those funds from moving using a variety of tactics and slow-walking.