[Trombone-l] Be Glad You're a Trombonist

[Moran, Doug]

On Mar 26, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Adrian Drover wrote:

>> From: Moran, Doug
>>
>> I sold a horn last year that I had
>> for 25 years (played it the entire 25 years), and I calculate that I
>> made 2.86% per year (simple, non-compounding) interest on the
>> investment.
>
> And inflation over that 25 years was......?
>
> A.

Great question Adrian.  I only lost $228.  :-)

http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/research/data/us/calc/

Doug