[cpach]

I won’t retire the next three decades. So I see no need to sell. I keep buying index funds, the same amount every month. Some months they are expensive, some months they are cheap. I rarely check in on the current worth. In the end it will even out.

[mevile]

> In the end it will even out.

That's something you might think will happen, but you have no idea as you cannot predict the future.

[imtringued]

That's true but if you think about the scenarios in which growth won't happen you probably will have bigger problems than an under performing stock portfolio.

[cpach]

Exactly my reasoning as well.

[cpach]

Well I do have an idea. But yes, it’s true that I cannot predict the future.

[wasdfff]

Every crash ever has recovered.

[thorwasdfasdf]

Except the Japanese crash. If you started investing 30 years ago in japan with dollar cost averaging. Right now you'd be almost below your average purchase price. Just take a quick look at the nikkei 225