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Re:Making sense of what’s going on in the housing market by randomopining on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:46PM (#26904887)
But seriously US indexes like the SP were down big at most for like 6 months. If you need the cash just hold and take out at 6 months. Keep 6 months emergency and you're set.
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Re:Making sense of what’s going on in the housing market by totalZero on Saturday April 24, 2021 @11:02AM (#26925349)
There are a few indices for which that has not played out. Look at QQQ 20 years ago. I'm not trying trying he argumentative, just suggesting that past performance doesn't always dictate future performance, and past sell-offs were not always critically damped.
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