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Re:Pricing Money: A Beginner's Guide to Money, Bonds, Future... by Breza on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:11PM (#36449663)
If you're investing a chunk of every paycheck, you'll keep plowing money into the index fund through every dip, which historically makes up for the money you add at peaks. You can spend a few years derisking as you approach retirement, which is similarly not that susceptible to recessions.
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Re:Pricing Money: A Beginner's Guide to Money, Bonds, Future... by alecco on Saturday June 24, 2023 @06:56AM (#36457500)
> This is a terrible moment for index funds.

I meant to put money in index funds right now. Not ongoing investment over a long time.

And going back further to my original point, if I had money in funds now I'd move it to Money Market accounts because the risk of a stock market downturn is big (1987/2001/2008 style). You are not Soros/Buffett/Munger or a multi-billion dollar hedge fund.

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