Stock Market is the bottom in?

[Foggy47]

If you had bought XOM almost 15 yrs ago you would not even doubled your money, only a 50% uptick before dividends. Ask me how I know

Lotta luck and timing in this market thing. Note the S&P 500 returned about 4.5x over that long period.

Best to be boring and stick to a broad index fund

I've been retired now for over 20 years. We have a broad mix of stocks and likely emulate the S&P500 in ROI. We draw 4% annually to live and provide for some other things. I can assure you we have improved our net worth over that time and the market has provided just as planned for. We continue to own a broad basket of stocks.....and stay invested through thick and thin........and we did go thru the melt-down of the 2018 markets (Phew). At this time....the stocks we own are showing capitol gains at 94% (vs those that have lost) through these times. Some are up very bigly. All are a mix of "household names". Hard to argue with those facts. (and I do not report this info to brag....rather to inform you that this system is quite viable....use it!)

I hope I live long enough to go through another melt down or two. MAGA!

 

[KY wild]

I came on here last Wednesday complaining that Schwab would not allow me to buy RGC because it was too unstable. Well since then it is down 80%.

 

[Buckly]

Yeah but, it wouldn’t have if you were able to buy it. It would have soared. Keep a good thought. LOL

 

[bwoods11]

If you had bought XOM almost 15 yrs ago you would not even doubled your money, only a 50% uptick before dividends. Ask me how I know

Lotta luck and timing in this market thing. Note the S&P 500 returned about 4.5x over that long period.

Best to be boring and stick to a broad index fund

I checked 3 sites , all had the same amount… this is AI search ….

 

[rocksnstumps]

Sure couple points though. Total return above assumes dividend reinvestment immediately in new shares instead of taking the dividends as cash. Some folks may have taken as cash instead. Of course that cash should also be rolled into a return figure BUT I chose not to do that in my posting. WHY? Cause my comment about the SP500 returning 4.5x was also not total return and was ignoring any dividends. Was just doing the simple math on listed prices for a comparison. The TOTAL return for SP500 with dividends reinvested would be even higher than 4.5x. Sorry for any confusion but was just trying to make a simple comparison which is still valid by the way, maybe should have posted NOT total return. But I did say "before dividends"

Also noted I said "almost 15 yrs" so was actually a little under. As we know with tariff impacts, prices can vary widely from month to month.