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I always chuckle when this thread pops up very promptly on a down day. It is amusing to see some folks commenting here comes bear market and some other folks just laughing it off saying this is a great buying opportunity. I think one day the bear market will truly arrive. I will then look forward to how these 2 camps react and I bet it will be very interesting
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Really? Won't they just react the same as always?prettybogle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:27 pm I always chuckle when this thread pops up very promptly on a down day. It is amusing to see some folks commenting here comes bear market and some other folks just laughing it off saying this is a great buying opportunity. I think one day the bear market will truly arrive. I will then look forward to how these 2 camps react and I bet it will be very interesting
Nervous nilly neophites: The sky is falling. Sell. Sell. Sell!!!!
Seasoned Bogleheads: So what? Just stick to your plans..... I'm going to go take a nap.
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Wait... did we have a down day?prettybogle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:27 pm I always chuckle when this thread pops up very promptly on a down day.
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These bull runs can be bitter sweet. How many new highs can we hit before a something drags us down?
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No. In fact today was a big up day for small caps, and small cap growth especially.oldcomputerguy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:43 amWait... did we have a down day?prettybogle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:27 pm I always chuckle when this thread pops up very promptly on a down day.
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Since the markets go up most of the time, new highs shouldn't be all that uncommon.
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Number of replies to this topic should make it very clear that few people get what you just wrote!
Since the markets go up most of the time, new highs shouldn't be all that uncommon.
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From July 2007 it took VTI over five years to hit a new high. That's a lifetime to younger investors.wrongfunds wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:24 pm Number of replies to this topic should make it very clear that few people get what you just wrote!Since the markets go up most of the time, new highs shouldn't be all that uncommon.
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1) You really mean October 2007.Uncle Pennybags wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:44 pmFrom July 2007 it took VTI over five years to hit a new high. That's a lifetime to younger investors.wrongfunds wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:24 pm Number of replies to this topic should make it very clear that few people get what you just wrote!Since the markets go up most of the time, new highs shouldn't be all that uncommon.
2) It only took about 3.5 years, to February 2011.
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S&P and Dow down only 0.5% at the moment (with NASDAQ down 1%) - let's see if this is the day some have been waiting for.
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It should be. I just bought 30k of VTSAX yesterdayDaftInvestor wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:03 am S&P and Dow down only 0.5% at the moment (with NASDAQ down 1%) - let's see if this is the day some have been waiting for.
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It's also the 30th Anniversary of Black Monday!DaftInvestor wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:03 am S&P and Dow down only 0.5% at the moment (with NASDAQ down 1%) - let's see if this is the day some have been waiting for.
https://www.axios.com/the-30th-annivers ... ce=sidebar
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Psyayeayeduck wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:15 amIt's also the 30th Anniversary of Black Monday!DaftInvestor wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:03 am S&P and Dow down only 0.5% at the moment (with NASDAQ down 1%) - let's see if this is the day some have been waiting for.
https://www.axios.com/the-30th-annivers ... ce=sidebar
Ah - That could be a factor of why some nervous nellies are selling. Of course Apple is causing some drag as well. Any movement in the FAANG stocks tends to drag the market with it a bit. Doesn't look catastrophic in any case (during 1st hour after bell).
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Somehow I knew this thread would come back to life today.
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I'm so guilty of this as of late. It's becoming my new favorite pastime -- checking this thread when there's a large drop in the markets. Never disappoints. Whether the cause is from politics, anniversaries, or some other voodoo methodology, I take days like this as a reminder to invest when others run the away from the excitement.oldcomputerguy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:26 am Somehow I knew this thread would come back to life today.
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It's leveling off. Whew! I was hoping the drop would hold out until at least the middle of next week.
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After all that, VTSAX finished in the green.
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Well, that's it. You're off my 'contrary indicator' list.
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With CAPE at 31+, I've decided to reduce my stock allocation by 10% for each point above 30. Trimmed 10% and will trim another 10% at 32, and so on. If it hits 40, I'm completely out. The bear is coming!
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What's was your stock allocation before the 10% reduction?
Also, if you're just looking at CAPE why not shift 10% of your stock allocation at a time to international instead since the valuations there are so much lower?
Over the last month I've gone from 70/30 to 60/40 and taken stocks from 30/25 DOM/INT to just 50 INT (VGTSX).
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I have less domestic equity than I had one year ago. I have more international equity, EM and Developed. I don't consider buy and hold to be a straight-jacket. I can still move a little money around now and then if I think conditions warrant it. I also have a 10% rule, the most I can move in any one month. I see what I did as taking advantage of a likely mispricing... selling US high and buying Int'l low so to speak. There is virtually always a valuation gap between US and Int'l for valid reasons, but that GAP has been bigger than usual for many years now, so I bet on mean reversion. I don't expect to change my current AA for years.
So I don't think it hypocritical to say that if I were adjusting more than 10% to be defensive reasons, it would be a clue that I likely had the wrong AA, and need to dial back the portfolio risk. Cape is a terrible forecasting tool, it could stay high for many more years, and there are plausible reasons for it to be as high as it is and still not be considered significantly over-valued. Also, I'm not certain, but won't Cape adjust down significantly when 2008 rolls off the books (10 year calc.) ?
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I did the same thing by adding more foreign, up to 50% of my equities. But lately I've remembered that when the U.S. market tanks, foreign stocks really tank so that's no protection. Best thing it might do is help long-term returns if you have the nerve to hang on for the long term.
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This is an interesting comment. Is that true? Please correct me if I am wrong but CAPE 10 is the current price divided by the earning over 10 years. When the market dropped the price to earnings ratios dropped as well during those years and therefor the average over 10 years is probably lower than the average over the last 5 years which did not include the Great Recession. Would't the CAPE 10 therefor increase over the next 3 years by eliminating 2008-2010 PE ratios?Portfolio7 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:09 am Also, I'm not certain, but won't Cape adjust down significantly when 2008 rolls off the books (10 year calc.) ?
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That is indeed correct. I expect it is around 28-29 if low years are removed. Current p/E is around 26. However all the historical comparison of cape 15 and cape 20 do include recessions. So it is a moot point.EnjoyIt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:38 pmThis is an interesting comment. Is that true? Please correct me if I am wrong but CAPE 10 is the current price divided by the earning over 10 years. When the market dropped the price to earnings ratios dropped as well during those years and therefor the average over 10 years is probably lower than the average over the last 5 years which did not include the Great Recession. Would't the CAPE 10 therefor increase over the next 3 years by eliminating 2008-2010 PE ratios?Portfolio7 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:09 am Also, I'm not certain, but won't Cape adjust down significantly when 2008 rolls off the books (10 year calc.) ?
You can have some fun here:
https://dqydj.com/shiller-pe-cape-ratio-calculator/
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"When the market dropped the price to earnings ratios dropped as well during those years"EnjoyIt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:38 pmThis is an interesting comment. Is that true? Please correct me if I am wrong but CAPE 10 is the current price divided by the earning over 10 years. When the market dropped the price to earnings ratios dropped as well during those years and therefor the average over 10 years is probably lower than the average over the last 5 years which did not include the Great Recession. Would't the CAPE 10 therefor increase over the next 3 years by eliminating 2008-2010 PE ratios?Portfolio7 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:09 am Also, I'm not certain, but won't Cape adjust down significantly when 2008 rolls off the books (10 year calc.) ?
Did you check this? Are you sure this is what happened?
Anyway, it's not relevant because only historical earnings matter in computing CAPE10, not historical P/E ratios. This is the source of your confusion. You would in fact expect CAPE10 to decrease slightly as the lower earnings from 2008-2010 fall outside of the averaging window. But there have been looks at this and the CAPE10 would not change very much; I can't find the link immediately but you can google for it.
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Will not be eliminating old PE ratios, just old "E"s. It is the current price divided by averaged (adjusted) earnings. I believe the argument is that earnings were low(er) during the great recession. So, when those earning are replaced by more recent earning numbers, the average earnings will be higher. The numerator P, is always the current price, so is unaffected by roll off of old data. So, for the same (current) P level, increasing the average E, should make the PE lower. How big of an impact this has is debatable.EnjoyIt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:38 pmThis is an interesting comment. Is that true? Please correct me if I am wrong but CAPE 10 is the current price divided by the earning over 10 years. When the market dropped the price to earnings ratios dropped as well during those years and therefor the average over 10 years is probably lower than the average over the last 5 years which did not include the Great Recession. Would't the CAPE 10 therefor increase over the next 3 years by eliminating 2008-2010 PE ratios?Portfolio7 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:09 am Also, I'm not certain, but won't Cape adjust down significantly when 2008 rolls off the books (10 year calc.) ?
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Makes sense. Thanksmarcopolo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:55 pmWill not be eliminating old PE ratios, just old "E"s. It is the current price divided by averaged (adjusted) earnings. I believe the argument is that earnings were low(er) during the great recession. So, when those earning are replaced by more recent earning numbers, the average earnings will be higher. The numerator P, is always the current price, so is unaffected by roll off of old data. So, for the same (current) P level, increasing the average E, should make the PE lower. How big of an impact this has is debatable.EnjoyIt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:38 pmThis is an interesting comment. Is that true? Please correct me if I am wrong but CAPE 10 is the current price divided by the earning over 10 years. When the market dropped the price to earnings ratios dropped as well during those years and therefor the average over 10 years is probably lower than the average over the last 5 years which did not include the Great Recession. Would't the CAPE 10 therefor increase over the next 3 years by eliminating 2008-2010 PE ratios?Portfolio7 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:09 am Also, I'm not certain, but won't Cape adjust down significantly when 2008 rolls off the books (10 year calc.) ?
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Missed this comment. As I understand it, the earnings rolloff will reduce Cape by perhaps 2-3 points, so 6-10%.EnjoyIt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:05 pmMakes sense. Thanksmarcopolo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:55 pmWill not be eliminating old PE ratios, just old "E"s. It is the current price divided by averaged (adjusted) earnings. I believe the argument is that earnings were low(er) during the great recession. So, when those earning are replaced by more recent earning numbers, the average earnings will be higher. The numerator P, is always the current price, so is unaffected by roll off of old data. So, for the same (current) P level, increasing the average E, should make the PE lower. How big of an impact this has is debatable.EnjoyIt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:38 pmThis is an interesting comment. Is that true? Please correct me if I am wrong but CAPE 10 is the current price divided by the earning over 10 years. When the market dropped the price to earnings ratios dropped as well during those years and therefor the average over 10 years is probably lower than the average over the last 5 years which did not include the Great Recession. Would't the CAPE 10 therefor increase over the next 3 years by eliminating 2008-2010 PE ratios?Portfolio7 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2017 3:09 am Also, I'm not certain, but won't Cape adjust down significantly when 2008 rolls off the books (10 year calc.) ?
I like the discussion at the site below. It recasts the Cape ratio interestingly.
http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2013/12/shiller/
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And much worse for a retireeUncle Pennybags wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:44 pmFrom July 2007 it took VTI over five years to hit a new high. That's a lifetime to younger investors.wrongfunds wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:24 pm Number of replies to this topic should make it very clear that few people get what you just wrote!Since the markets go up most of the time, new highs shouldn't be all that uncommon.
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Always passive wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 12:58 amAnd much worse for a retireeUncle Pennybags wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 2:44 pmFrom July 2007 it took VTI over five years to hit a new high. That's a lifetime to younger investors.wrongfunds wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:24 pm Number of replies to this topic should make it very clear that few people get what you just wrote!Since the markets go up most of the time, new highs shouldn't be all that uncommon.
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I know this market is in for a tumble. Not because it keeps going up, but because it doesn't go down. The dip-buyers can't get in because there are no dips. Just what it did the last times just before it crapped out.
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I wonder if the correction we all have been waiting to happen already happened in 2015 but much more smoother than we expected.
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That was one of them. There was also one in 2010 and one in 2011: https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion3_3=100.
And in developed ex-US there have been 3 15%+ dips since 2009. Emerging markets dropped over 30% for the 6 years between 2011 and 2017, finally climbing out of the hole in August of this year.
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Are you short the market? Do you have a time table for this prediction? How much will it tumble? Otherwise, aren't you just stating the obvious? Sooner or later the market will decline like it has many times in the past?
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Sooner rather than later. This market is on it's last legs. I never short, but I do take money off the table when the odds of craps is high. As Edward Thorpe has pointed out, there is a lot of similarity between investing in stocks and casino gambling. Right now, there's a whole lot of similarity. Lots of risk for not much expected return. House wins.
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This market will never freefall. It will continue going up for ever.
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I just returned home from a long weekend in Las Vegas.
The blackjack dealers were giving out investment advice. Cab drivers too. And bartenders also.
I actually heard one say, "It's different this time."
The end is near, I'm sure.
The blackjack dealers were giving out investment advice. Cab drivers too. And bartenders also.
I actually heard one say, "It's different this time."
The end is near, I'm sure.
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I'm officially worried.DanMahowny wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:47 pm I just returned home from a long weekend in Las Vegas.
The blackjack dealers were giving out investment advice. Cab drivers too. And bartenders also.
I actually heard one say, "It's different this time."
The end is near, I'm sure.
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1. The odds of craps are the same on every roll. You of course already knew that each roll is an independent event, and that previous rolls do not influence the current one. Don't fall for the gambler's fallacy.CULater wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:17 pmSooner rather than later. This market is on it's last legs. I never short, but I do take money off the table when the odds of craps is high. As Edward Thorpe has pointed out, there is a lot of similarity between investing in stocks and casino gambling. Right now, there's a whole lot of similarity. Lots of risk for not much expected return. House wins.
2. I don't see how boglehead-style investing can be compared to gambling. I don't think anyone here would disagree that there is a degree of chance involved in how the market behaves (e.g. will any number of aspiring international supervillains finally get the nuclear breakthrough they've been after and threaten or attack the world? Can't really control for that). However, to imply that chance is the primary determinant of returns seems a bit off. Moreover, although we assume the market will cycle into the troughs eventually, we also believe that the fundamentals of the US economy and US policy are sound and are what will drive it back to the peaks. There's definitely an element of faith involved in that belief but it's faith in the structure of the economy and its people, not in random chance or hoping that I'll roll a 7 before I crap out.
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I'm not worried for myself, but I'm worried for others if the advice they're handing out is stock picks or something. Please tell me they were championing low-cost index funds and an appropriate AA for a person's goals, and also making sure to reduce/eliminate consumer debt and have an emergency fund?CULater wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:36 pmI'm officially worried.DanMahowny wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:47 pm I just returned home from a long weekend in Las Vegas.
The blackjack dealers were giving out investment advice. Cab drivers too. And bartenders also.
I actually heard one say, "It's different this time."
The end is near, I'm sure.
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Lol, according to what I read on this forum, the day that happens is the day Bogleheads truly need to be scared of.iasw wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:59 pmI'm not worried for myself, but I'm worried for others if the advice they're handing out is stock picks or something. Please tell me they were championing low-cost index funds and an appropriate AA for a person's goals, and also making sure to reduce/eliminate consumer debt and have an emergency fund?CULater wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 6:36 pmI'm officially worried.DanMahowny wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:47 pm I just returned home from a long weekend in Las Vegas.
The blackjack dealers were giving out investment advice. Cab drivers too. And bartenders also.
I actually heard one say, "It's different this time."
The end is near, I'm sure.
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~ Ed Thorpe“The overlap of interest between gambling and the stock market is very high. There are so many similarities and so much one can teach you about the other. Actually, gambling can teach you more about the stock market than the other way around.
Gambling and investing are alike – in both you risk money, which you then may win or lose.”
People keep forgetting that "risk" = "gamble". The stock market doesn't owe you anything.
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has anyone read this thread from start to finish?
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Lol I hope not
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I've read every post in this thread, but I started in 2011 and have been following along periodically. It occasionally serves up some good pearls, even nowadays.
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I agree that it is hard to compare Boglehead investing to gambling. It's risky, but the "expected returns" of the average investor over long periods is very much positive. Portfolio efficiency is very high - Bogleheads try to take the minimum risk needed to meet their goals. Gambling is where the expected return is negative, because the house gets a cut. Speculative, short term trading (like day trading) is in my opinion gambling (a vice that should be avoided) because expected return is negative - trades are made on random noise, and the brokerage gets its cut through fees. Speculation as practiced by traditional active mutual funds with a ~100% annual turnover isn't gambling, but it is speculative, because it isn't as efficient as more broadly diversified passive approaches. All investment is risky, including via the Boglehead philosophy. However, "never bear too much or too little risk" is an important part of the Boglehead approach.sketchy9 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:52 pm1. The odds of craps are the same on every roll. You of course already knew that each roll is an independent event, and that previous rolls do not influence the current one. Don't fall for the gambler's fallacy.CULater wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:17 pmSooner rather than later. This market is on it's last legs. I never short, but I do take money off the table when the odds of craps is high. As Edward Thorpe has pointed out, there is a lot of similarity between investing in stocks and casino gambling. Right now, there's a whole lot of similarity. Lots of risk for not much expected return. House wins.
2. I don't see how boglehead-style investing can be compared to gambling. I don't think anyone here would disagree that there is a degree of chance involved in how the market behaves (e.g. will any number of aspiring international supervillains finally get the nuclear breakthrough they've been after and threaten or attack the world? Can't really control for that). However, to imply that chance is the primary determinant of returns seems a bit off. Moreover, although we assume the market will cycle into the troughs eventually, we also believe that the fundamentals of the US economy and US policy are sound and are what will drive it back to the peaks. There's definitely an element of faith involved in that belief but it's faith in the structure of the economy and its people, not in random chance or hoping that I'll roll a 7 before I crap out.
Also - the irony is that this thread (which started in 2011) hasn't really seen all that much free fall. Instead, the market has had strong growth.
Seeing this thread initially made me want to check it to see if there was any breaking news, and that stocks were actually in free fall. After finding out that no, that wasn't the case, false alarm - time after time - I became desensitized to seeing this thread pop up.
Now, if market freefall does occur, my guess is that Bogleheads will be the last to know, because they will ignore threads saying "market is in freefall" since that thread has historically signified that the market was in the middle of a massive bull.
How about someone create a similar "market skyrockets" thread during the next market crash?
In all seriousness, though - no one can reliably predict market crashes, in my opinion. Therefore, in my belief, staying the course is the best option. Yes, volatility is difficult to put up with - but tune out the noise and let things ride.
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Anyone who doesn't see the similarity between investing in stocks and gambling should re-acquaint themselves with the meaning of "risk". Expected return is not actual return. Everyone who walks into a casino has a positive expected return and a strategy to realize that return. Everyone who invests in stocks has a positive expected return and a strategy to realize that return. The Boglehead strategy is to buy and wait for the inevitable payoff that accrues to the patient believer. That's not a bad strategy - it might even be the best strategy - but don't forget it is just a strategy and nothing is guaranteed. The risk is that you can wait patiently for years and wind up losing to the house, just like every other gambler with a plan.
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