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Re:Early Retirement (2006) by 2sk21 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @12:18PM (#28062823)
I should mention that I started regular automated index fund investing in the mid 1990s. I have been through two _big_ market corrections: 2001 and 2008-9. Despite being nervous, I never once stopped my automatic investments.
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Re:Early Retirement (2006) by nuclearnice1 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @01:37PM (#28063871)
And 2020. Down 30%
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Re:Early Retirement (2006) by mlyle on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @02:09PM (#28064260)
And fully recovered (irrationally?) within 4-5 months.
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Re:Early Retirement (2006) by danhak on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @12:46PM (#28063193)
I understand, but consider how different your situation might be if those corrections had occurred at the end of your career rather than the beginning.
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