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Re:How to invest without knowing the future by Workaccount2 on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:41AM (#29200355)
It's better if you are OK waiting 15 years to get back to where you were if a major crash is immanent.

Or a Japan situation where it took 30 years, thanks to stagflation, which we have all the ingredients for right now.

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Re:How to invest without knowing the future by batshit_beaver on Friday November 12, 2021 @11:37AM (#29201201)
Japan has been experiencing deflation, not stagnation, for the last couple decades. Of the two, stagflation is decidedly better because you can protect yourself from it through diversification.

Deflation just means hoard cash and hope you outperform literally every asset.

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