18/07/2023
13 secrets I learned after studying 151 years of US stock market history:
1) The yearly average return is 9%.
2) The yearly average inflation is 2%.
3) Staying in the market matters most.
4) 47 years have been negative in return.
5) 104 years have been positive in return.
6) There’s no such thing as “get rich quick”.
7) A upgoing market lasts around 7 years.
8) A downgoing market lasts around 2 years.
9) Every 9 years on average there’s a market crash.
10) The best decade was 1950-1959 with 368% in return.
11) The worst decade was 2000-2009 with -30% in return.
12) US stocks outperformed 89% of large fund managers over the last 15 years.
13) If you invested and held for 20 years you would never have lost money, no matter when you started.
Writer: Martin Juul Olsen
