sponger

Now's the Time for Buy-and-Hold

At age 69 I have five years, not thirty, but I still agree with you about buy and hold in that short time frame, provided investors use another discarded relic and apply it to stocks as well as mutual funds, viz
dollar cost averaging. The trick is to keep enough in reserve. Dollar cost averaging can work wonders even with bad stocks in bad markets.

The Only Chart True Investors Need to See

Precisely, buyitcheap. Factor in inflation and it's a zero sum gain in 150 years. Even in 1937 Lobster Thermador Honeymoon Special for Two with a split of world class champagne cost 87 cents (before
tip) at a major hotel restaurant in New York City (evidenced by my
parents' scrap book).