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You are replying with a fixed period that confirms your claim while comment OP was talking about total returns which you can be sure are not zero. If you are ha
by arisAlexis 5y ago
You are replying with a fixed period that confirms your claim while comment OP was talking about total returns which you can be sure are not zero. If you are handpicking periods you can find a month in the last 2 years that was negative and make a claim that the stock market didn't go up but it did, > 100%.
- nabla9 5y agoReal Total return (inflation adjusted, dividends included) of SP500 has been negative in two decades. 1970s and 2000s. The original claim is 10-20 years. That's a valid ballpark estimate. There can be lost decades, but when you get closer to 20 years, it has been all good. ps. If you spread the entry into market into 5-10 years there has never been a decade of zero or negative returns (total, inflation adjusted).