The Best Investment in History - High Return-No Risk

What is the best investment? If we reflect on thisthat is as safe as a bank term deposit, but that has
question soberly and actually really try to define thisa return of say 100% per year, (which would make
mythical creature in the best of all possible light, itone rich very rapidly) This would be designated as
would have to be an investment that has a highthe best investment in history or the ideal
return and zero risk. Let's look a little closer at thisinvestment.
thing, the best, ideal investment, because if we canA $100 dollars turns into $1.4 million if you doubled it
define it better, we can maybe start looking to see ifjust 14 times or applied 100% compounded. That is
we can indeed find one.why doubling your money is such a holy grail. To
Most investors use the humble bank deposit as adouble your money you are stretching at the way
benchmark to compare all other investments. Theupper limits of sanity, but still within the realm of
reason why the bank deposit is seen as the be allpossible. Here is a clue. Here is the essential to
bench mark is because it is considered the safestdoubling your money but maintaining the required
place to put ones money and also, by default thesafety of actually getting your money back.
least likely to make you rich.Whenever you invest with such ambitious goals of
Indeed a return in the single digits, where the typicaldoubling your money, you must secure assets equal
overnight cash rate is around 7% historically, one canto in value equal to the value of your investment. It
expect to wait several hundred years before theiris as simple as that. If you maintain that rule in all
seed capital would approach anything near whatyour investments you may be as ambitious as you
would be considered as wealth.wish with your compounding goals and never fear
So theoretically, if we can find another investmentthe risk factor.