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"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/Surv

"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."