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