alt Hacker NewsIt really depends on luck, timing and inflation.
For example if you bought S&P 500 in Jul 1929, you got your investment back in 1955 (inflation adjusted). If you bought S&P 500 in Apr 2000, you got your investment back in 2014 (inflation adjusted).
It really depends on luck, timing and inflation.
For example if you bought S&P 500 in Jul 1929, you got your investment back in 1955 (inflation adjusted). If you bought S&P 500 in Apr 2000, you got your investment back in 2014 (inflation adjusted).
99.99% of people are not investing a lump sum on one date and liquidating it all on another date. Extend this graph to today, and it will be much greener.
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011...
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/s/oLP2K6gdbC
Plus it’s political suicide to let SP500 stagnate or drop.