The Comparative Performance of Different Savings Strategies that Use French Instruments

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers publishes a study comparing the returns on a number of different investment strategies between 1987 and 2017. The study focuses on the performance of risk-free investment vehicles, such as the Livret A, and of equities and bonds, and on the real returns on these investments after charges and taxes. This study covers multiple strategies, investment horizons and start dates to better identify the net real returns for savers and to raise awareness of the returns that financial savings can actually deliver.