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Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by greedo on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:33AM (#21584212)
Yes, guaranteed to lose value to inflation over time.
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Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in a... by glofish on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @09:41AM (#21584268)
Indeed, keeping the money in a bank would have caused losing the same amount of value over long as the temporary stock crash did.

Only these losses are permanent :-/ whereas the stock market recovered and quadrupled...

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