It's startling what my 401k/IRA did from 2012 to 2014: https://imgur.com/a/M7PZn2m https://imgur.com/a/M7PZn2m What's your point? > then immediately jumping,

It's startling what my 401k/IRA did from 2012 to 2014: https://imgur.com/a/M7PZn2m https://imgur.com/a/M7PZn2m What's your point? > then immediately jumping, once the election results were in. So your long-term retirement investment fund which should span over 20+ years increased somewhat drastically over a small percentage of it's perceived lifetime. Why is that superbly beneficial for long term fund performance? > Even outside the market, people are hiring again When did they stop hiring? Source data?