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The S&P 500 didn't exceed 1929 highs until 1954. Not saying it's a perfect parallel, but there are definitely precedents of stocks not working well for decades.
by neural_thing 7y ago
The S&P 500 didn't exceed 1929 highs until 1954. Not saying it's a perfect parallel, but there are definitely precedents of stocks not working well for decades.
- H8crilA 7y agoNo, you're not including dividends. It had positive returns way before 1954. But yeah the 30's was called a depression for a reason.
- _delirium 7y agoJust to put a date to this: including dividends, it matched its 1929 high again around 1943/1944.
- ashelmire 7y agoWhat if you continuously invested over that time?
- gnopgnip 7y agoRecession does not usually mean a stock market crash either