Re:How Many Mutual Funds Routinely Rout the Market? Zero
by dxhdr on Sunday March 15, 2015 @01:12PM
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http://www.acting-man.com/blog/media/2014/10/2-Nikkei-Long-t...
Yes we're talking about the S&P500 but I'd like to point out that this isn't a general rule of markets; past performance does not guarantee future results. The S&P500 was at around 60 in 1960 and near 2000 today. It doesn't matter when you bought or at what intervals, money invested has performed well.
Re:How Many Mutual Funds Routinely Rout the Market? Zero
by mortenjorck on Sunday March 15, 2015 @02:54PM
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Wow, that is a fantastic article and thought experiment. It certainly eased a bit of my own insecurity about investing "at the wrong time."
Re:How Many Mutual Funds Routinely Rout the Market? Zero
by WalterBright on Sunday March 15, 2015 @02:51PM
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> If you invested only at the peaks, right before crashes?
That's my patented investment strategy!
Re:How Many Mutual Funds Routinely Rout the Market? Zero
by pbowyer on Sunday March 15, 2015 @04:54PM
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You're putting lots into the market this year then, I trust!
Re:How Many Mutual Funds Routinely Rout the Market? Zero
by WalterBright on Sunday March 15, 2015 @05:58PM
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Absolutely!
Chart any stock, and find it's high point. That's where I bought it.
Still works out great.
http://awealthofcommonsense.com/worlds-worst-market-timer/