[inigyou]

You almost always lose a lot of money if you're seeking safety. Protection from downside risk on your S&P500 investments may cost 20-30% of your investment at which point you're better off just selling the investment and hoping it doesn't go up by that much.

[solumunus]

> Protection from downside risk on your S&P500 investments may cost 20-30% of your investment

What? Absolutely not.

[inigyou]

What did you buy and for how much?

[solumunus]

You would buy puts. How much to spend is really up to you, but you can definitely get meaningful downside protection for much much less than that.

[inigyou]

And what is the cost of full downside protection? It necessarily exceeds the full upside, or else everyone would do it.