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Stocks have outperformed every other asset class over the long run, assuming you measure the long run at about 20 plus years.

Real estate, gold, bonds, it's hard to find anything that has a track record as good as equities since the late 19th century.

The challenge, stocks can be risky, even volatile over long periods of time,

and there are so many different approaches to investing that it can get confusing.

But as it turns out, there are some ways you can take advantage of equities as an asset class that work well if you're a long-term

investor.

You can go the distance we'll your portfolio for the long run.

To help us unpack all of this and what it means for your investing, let's bring in Jeremy

Schwartz.

He's the Global Chief Investment officer at Wisdom Tree Asset Management

and the longtime collaborator with Wharton Professor Jeremy Seagull, whose book Stocks for the

long run has become an investing classic.

So Jeremy, let's start with the basics.

What does the historical data say about stocks?

Well, your intro hit it exactly perfectly. It has been the best long-term

return vehicle. Now you know today is a time we're all thinking about inflation.

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