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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:23 PM Original message |
My god,look at the Dow Jones! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yay! I will be rich when I turn 170! |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Notice how it hasn't stayed down? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. After the peak in 1929, how long did it take to get back to the same level? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. It did not even hit ONE THOUSAND until Nov 1972 |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. Roughly 30 years. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. 16 years if you count the value of dividends reinvested. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. That's a great line. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Of course :) |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would sell now and buy back in once the dust settles |
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marybourg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Good idea! Sell low; buy high. nt. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Rofl - literally! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. just how long do you expect to live? |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Hence the buy and hold. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. yes a silly theory that once again proves the human mind can't accept randomness |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. And it works. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Not true there is no 20 year period where the DOW wasn't profitable. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Random walk is a popular assumption but |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. deleted |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Adjust for inflation please nt. |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. on short notice: CPI-adjusted DOW chart |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thank you nt |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Thanks. However most people don't realize that roughly 1/3 of total return |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Unless you are looking at the NASDAQ |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. Instead of plotting the DOW in dollars, how about plotting it in ounces of gold? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Very interesting. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. In the long run, we're all dead. nt |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R n/t |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. That's not the dow jones, that's the number of posts on DU. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. We just yanked my wife's inheritance out of the market... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-20-10 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. That chart is not adjusted for inflation. |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. Yeah but.... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Actually, yes, it does. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. That isn't how stock substitution in an index works. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-21-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
30. But this is based on an unlimited growth, unlimited resources paradigm..... |
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