[riffraff]

The returns of the investment are not the index price, these companies have been paying dividends for 30 years.

If you look at the actual returns they recovered years ago (tho not so long).

[mdorazio]

Looks like the Nikkei 225 average dividend yield is around 1.4%. If you bought in 1989 and reinvested dividends it looks like you would have briefly broken even in 2015 (ignoring inflation), then hit solid black sometime in 2017. This is completely absurd and shows how huge of a factor timing is in market investments.

Remember, kids, dollar cost averaging is usually the way to go.

[valzam]

Yeah but it's also an absurdly rare occurrence that someone would put 100% of their wealth I to the stock market RIGHT before the crash and then never invests again (more than the dividends). These headlines are fun and all but not very relevant for most people