Re:U.S. stock market returns – a history from the 1870s to 2022
by bee_rider on Friday January 06, 2023 @09:31PM
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What does investing with possible WW3 taken into account look like? Heavy on canned food, bullets, and remote real estate I guess? Assuming nuclear weapons don’t just magically vanish.
Re:U.S. stock market returns – a history from the 1870s to 2022
by nonethewiser on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:15AM
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The problem is that you have to pick an alternative. The default is probably cash, because that's how you get paid. If you can't even make an argument for an alternative then I think the overwhelmingly historically best option is the obvious decision. Gold is something people often make an argument for in this case but it's historical returns are pretty bad.
Re:U.S. stock market returns – a history from the 1870s to 2022
by roenxi on Saturday January 07, 2023 @02:17AM
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I can make an argument for anything being better than cash including a massive tinned baked bean stockpile. It is quite hard to do worse than cash.
> Gold is something people often make an argument for in this case but it's historical returns are pretty bad.
I don't follow, gold has been making pretty reasonable returns for about 20 years now and has been a far superior option to cash. What don't you like about it?
> Money in mattress?
The response to every crisis the US has had for the last 3 decades is to print and borrow increasingly large amounts money. And they are probably the most responsible fiscal controller around at the moment.
If you see that changing for some reason then sure, maybe money under the mattress could help. I don't expect that strategy to change myself, and the last thing I'd want under my mattress is money.