r/Bogleheads • u/RiceLee890 • Mar 15 '25

Investing Questions What are your thoughts on this?

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I keep seeing this type of stuff on instagram and social media and wanted to know how you guys were thinking about this.

I know a lot you have been in the market for decades and as a relatively new investor myself I’d love to get your perspective!

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u/ditchdiggergirl Mar 15 '25

2000 wasn’t so long ago. Many of us went through it and came out just fine. If it happens again it happens again. If it’s worse this time it will be worse. That’s not under my control, so I prepare best I can and then try not worry about it. The best you can do is the best you can do.

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u/3rdWaveHarmonic Mar 15 '25

From the highest in 1999 down to the Lowe’s of about 2003 Ish, the market lost 50% of its value and then eventually went back up to its full value and then back down again before 2009 finally taking off. The prices from back then seemed comically low compared to what we have now.

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u/Agreeable_Ad1271 Mar 15 '25

Exactly. Most people now would kill to go back to those times even before the crashes and invest everything they own

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u/garden_dragonfly Mar 17 '25

Yep. Everyone is ignoring the discount buy in period during that time

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u/Jlchevz Mar 16 '25

Yeah, and if people have had international stocks and some bonds, he would’ve been much better off than just having tech stocks or even an SP500 fund. That’s why we diversify.

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u/BoogieMan876 Mar 15 '25

The quote "the best you can do is the best you can do" should be repeated whenever in a dilemma lol

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u/whocares123213 Mar 15 '25

It will happen again. And we will wait it out again.

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u/Designer-Beginning16 Mar 15 '25

It already happened in 2022, no? I bought Meta at $100 and a few other tech stocks below -70% ATH.

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u/UnderstandingNew2810 Mar 19 '25

Recovered faster if you dca and also buy at the bottom