Date:         Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:48:36 -0600
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Samba ad of the week
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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In December 1990 the DJIA was running around $4K.  Today it is around $17.4K.  So, $22K invested in a fund indexed on the DJ (I don't think there is any such fund, but there are funds indexed on the S&P) would be about $90K, a bit over that actually.

mcneely

---- Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> If $22,000 was smartly invested in 1990 what could it be worth today?
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rob
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 1:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Samba ad of the week
>
> I went to an inflation calculator,  $22,000 in 1990 comes to $40,000 in
> 2015 dollars.
> I should have bought one then...
>
> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com
> On Dec 13, 2015 10:48 AM, "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
> > At double the show room price ;-)
> >
> > > On 10-Dec-2015, at 20:30, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow, a 1990 Westy with 37k miles. Looks like it just came off the
> > showroom
> > > floor: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1870801
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Stuart
> >

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David McNeely