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The title doesn’t mention owning stock on margin.

• mjburgess 1y ago
  But nor does it include owning stocks in companies that go out of business, or indeed, nations.
  • ashdksnndck 1y ago
    I think that’s generally included when you compute total return of an index. For example, Enron should be part of the drop shown in 2001.
  • throw0101c 1y ago
    > But nor does it include owning stocks in companies that go out of business, or indeed, nations. Which is why you invest in the entire market, internationally diversified. There are now funds (mutual/ETF) that allow you to do this with a single purchase: * https://www.finiki.org/wiki/Asset_allocation_ETF https://www.finiki.org/wiki/Asset_allocation_ETF