Markets Look Forward. So Should Investors.
Pain that investors may be feeling from current volatility reflects markets setting prices such that expected returns are always positive.
S&P 500 Index – Annual Returns (1926-2019)
Since 1926, the US stock market has rewarded investors with an average annual return of about 10%. But it is important to remember that returns in any given year may be sky-high, extremely poor, or somewhere in between.
Understanding the range of potential outcomes can help you stick with a plan and ride out the inevitable ups and downs.
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Pain that investors may be feeling from current volatility reflects markets setting prices such that expected returns are always positive.
When markets feel as shaky as they do now in the United States, it is normal to ask: Is this time different?
Market volatility can be unnerving, even when you have a solid plan backed up by an investment philosophy you believe in.
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