Comments on: Should You Invest When the Stock Market is at an All-time High?

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By: Simple Money Man

Simple Money Man — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:01:11 +0000

It’s hard to deploy money sometimes when the PE ratios are so high. Ofcourse I’m continuing with large sums into my 401k. I guess the psychology kicks in when the market is bad one day and then I deploy funds into an after-tax account.

By: Young and the Invested

Young and the Invested — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 11:49:12 +0000

If Millennials are planning for retirement 30-40 years from now, they should know the stock market has never cut a loss over any 20-year period from 1926–2015.

The odds of realizing a positive stock return are 100% over any 20-year period during that timeframe. Let me repeat. Stocks have never seen a loss over any 20-year time period from 1926-2015. Never. Not once.

But what about over shorter intervals, you ask? How about 10 years? A sobering 94% of the time there was a gain. 5 years? 86%. I don’t know about you, but I’ll take those odds if my alternative is holding cash in a checking account.

To illustrate, if you had the misfortune of buying an S&P 500 index fund the Friday before Lehman Brothers went bankrupt you would’ve lost 46% over the next 6 months. On the other hand, if you bought that day but never sold, you’d be up 185% as of last week.

Compelling reasons to buy and hold.

By: Robert Tanguay

Robert Tanguay — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 19:11:36 +0000

What’s interesting is how both the S&P and DJIA were relativity calm and low growth until 1995. S&P started to pick up a little sooner. I pulled DJIA out to 1920

Great article Zack, with good evidence. Still, we are in new territory.

By: Zach

Zach — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 16:53:16 +0000

In reply to Dr. Dividend. Glad you found the article valuable, Dr. Dividend!

By: Dr. Dividend

Dr. Dividend — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 14:01:53 +0000

Great article. I was just thinking about this yesterday! Wondering it its a good idea to invest cash still, or wait on the sidelines for a market correction. Because of this great post, I’m taking to the books to find my next buy.

Thanks for the informational post FPF.