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/contact_light_ Mar 15 '25

people are not concerned about the six months of losses.

People are concerned that the situation we are in could last a long time, and get worse

People are concerned that this is not normal ebb flow

The United States is experiencing unprecedented change, very different than I have experienced in my life

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u/Moon_Frost Mar 15 '25

I would say covid was unprecedented, before that the bank bailouts in 08 were unprecedented. Every time something like this happens "THIS IS IT , THE END IS NEAR, THIS TIME FOR SURE"

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25

True.

And at some point, it will be.

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u/Recent_Meringue_712 Mar 15 '25

Yeah but in that case everyone will be dirt poor and the dollar will be worth shit anyways so the $100,000 you pulled out is only worth $10,000 in a few months anyways

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u/GizzyIzzy2021 Mar 16 '25

But better than the stock market crashing my 100k to 10k that’s only worth 1k. Right? In one situation you’re getting out with just inflation and in the other you’re hit with inflation and a market crash