[lucidlive]

It feels like the vast majority of the comments are negative towards the stock market and essentially saying “we may not recover this time”. The thing is, we always think that. We always think this time is different. We always think this might be the end. When Covid struck? It was different because the world economy was shut. When 2008 happened? It was different. 2000? Different. 1987? Different. Markets will eventually recover. It will not take you 4 decades to recover. Sure, it could take years. But buy good companies, dollar cost average, and realize your loss isn’t realized until you sell. Also realize that the best time to buy stocks is always, but especially when people are flooding forums with negativity.

[rossdavidh]

I feel like this comment is well addressed in the article, where it shows how long it would take to get back to even from various dip-buying scenarios. Some of the timelines are far longer than most people would be able to cope with.

[abhayhegde]

Not really if they dollar cost average (DCA). The specific examples talk about how a new high hasn't been made in nearly 16 years, but the case is not the same with DCA.