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You realize in real terms equities prices in EVERY western economy in the world beside the US are negative since 2000, right? In Japan, they're (very) negative

You realize in real terms equities prices in EVERY western economy in the world beside the US are negative since 2000, right? In Japan, they're (very) negative since 89. As much as 7%! Depending on if you measure using global inflation, US inflation, or Japanese inflation. You realize that even in the US, there are three 20 year intervals where prices did not increase in real terms since 1890, and 1 30 year interval. That's a decent percentage of the time. The idea that they can never go down and stay down is lunacy.

unlinked_dll 7y ago
No need to be a jerk, I didn't realize that because I'm an American without a background in financial markets' histories. You could rephrase this comment more cordially > Most western economies outside the US have been negative since 2000 as well. > In Japan, they're quite negative over the last 30 years, once one accounts for > Over the last 130 in the United States, there have been three intervals of >20 years where prices did not increase You can present additional information that helps illustrate a point without being an antagonist, and people will be more receptive. It's particularly counterproductive to aggressively reply in agreement with more detail.