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> Even if you only invested in the peaks, you'd still do quite well over the decades: This is not true for a 10 years period though https://www.vizlit.com/fin
by polote 6y ago
> Even if you only invested in the peaks, you'd still do quite well over the decades:
This is not true for a 10 years period though
https://www.vizlit.com/finance/2020/07/01/sp-performance.html https://www.vizlit.com/finance/2020/07/01/sp-performance.htm...
You might to add that even though in the past economic growth has always been the case, it doesn't mean it will always be the case, especially now that the energy consumption more or less reached a peak
- throw0101a 6y ago> This is not true for a 10 years period though That's for the S&P 500. How would have a portfolio using (say) the Russell 3000 have done? How about adding some international/EM component? What about a portfolio wish some bonds to control for volatility and allow for rebalancing? That is to say: does diversification help?
- throw0101a 6y ago> This is not true for a 10 years period though It was true in this ten-year period (2000-2009) if you rebalanced between VFINX (S&P) and VBMFX (bonds): * https://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2010/12/17/the-lost-decade-was-a-golden-age-if-you-rebalanced/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/investor/2010/12/17/the-lost-de...