Is 'Just Buy an Index Fund' Enough? 20 Years of Backtested Data

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	Is 'Just Buy an Index Fund' Enough? 20 Years of Backtested Data (ctrl-trade.com)
	6 points by frenxi 5 days ago

2 comments

tim-tday 5 days ago

Only if your index fund can avoid the high risk IPOs launching this summer.

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frenxi 5 days ago

LOL... very true :D

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postflopclarity 5 days ago

for this kind of question, 20 years is not enough data. one would need a much longer study period to be able to reach any more compelling conclusions

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frenxi 5 days ago

Good point! But still, in the last 20 years the market went through 2 big crises and strong bull periods... of course is not final answer, but to me is kinda significant :)

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