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Over a long enough timeline, the stocks will probably recover. Buying stocks will probably lose short term. Probably gain long term. Over a long enough timelin

by UK-AL 11y ago

Over a long enough timeline, the stocks will probably recover. Buying stocks will probably lose short term. Probably gain long term. Over a long enough timeline shares have always gained.

rihegher 11y ago
"Over a long enough timeout shares have always gained" Not so sure if you take inflation and Survival bias into consideration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#In_finance_and_economics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#In_finance_a...
- UK-AL 11y ago
  If you follow an index, that doesn't cause an issue. You are also forgetting stocks also pay dividends, so it doesn't have go up either.
- phyalow 11y ago
  "On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to 0."
jeffreyrogers 11y ago
> Over a long enough timeline shares have always gained. Except in Germany and Japan after WWII