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LuckyCharms

(17,457 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:42 PM Mar 2020

Remember this: As an example, if the market drops 50%

It then has to rise 100% just to get back to where it was before the drop.

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Remember this: As an example, if the market drops 50% (Original Post) LuckyCharms Mar 2020 OP

But there's a good chance that it will rise 100% and beyond Yavin4 Mar 2020 #1

Yavin4

(35,445 posts)

1. But there's a good chance that it will rise 100% and beyond

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Mon Mar 16, 2020, 03:44 PM

Mar 2020

With 0% interest rates, no one will get any return on savings. In fact, savings will be eaten alive by inflation. The only place to get a return that can keep pace with inflation will be the stock market.

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