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"If you invested in a very low cost index fund — where you don’t put the money in at one time, but average in over 10 years — you’ll do better than 90% of peopl
by known 8y ago
"If you invested in a very low cost index fund — where you don’t put the money in at one time, but average in over 10 years — you’ll do better than 90% of people who start investing at the same time" --Buffett
- hippich 8y agoI guess depends on which 10 years you pick and whom you compare yourself with - https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&timePeriod=4&startYear=1998&firstMonth=1&endYear=2008&lastMonth=12&calendarAligned=true&endDate=12%2F16%2F2018&initialAmount=1000&annualOperation=1&annualAdjustment=1000&inflationAdjusted=false&annualPercentage=0.0&frequency=4&rebalanceType=0&absoluteDeviation=5.0&relativeDeviation=25.0&showYield=false&reinvestDividends=true&symbol1=SPY&allocation1_1=100&symbol2=SHY&allocation2_2=100 https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-portfolio?s=y&t...