The FTSE 100 is down 20% in 20 years, so why invest for the long-term?

Re:The FTSE 100 is down 20% in 20 years, so why invest for t... by mytailorisrich on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:59AM (#25158625)

Of course the comparison is taken with exactly the peak of the dot com bubble.

The insight should thus to be very careful about stock market bubbles, and that long term investment can also offset some of that risk.

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Re:The FTSE 100 is down 20% in 20 years, so why invest for t... by david-gpu on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:29AM (#25159432)

> The insight should thus to be very careful about stock market bubbles

Can you provide some actionable pointers for how to achieve that? For example, how do you suggest to identify/quantify a bubble before it pops?

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Re:The FTSE 100 is down 20% in 20 years, so why invest for t... by krueger71 on Friday November 20, 2020 @07:42AM (#25159874)

Monitor successful mutual fund managers that receive unsolicited advice on how to invest from dentists at cocktail parties

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