90 Reasons Why Not to Invest in the Stock Market
1934 Great Depression
1935 Spanish Civil War
1936 Economy Still Struggling
1937 Recession
1938 War Clouds Gather
1939 War in Europe
1940 France Falls
1941 Pearl Harbor
1942 Wartime Price Controls
1943 Industry Mobilizes
1944 Consumer Goods Shortage
1945 Post-War Recession Predicted
1946 Dow Tops 200- MARKET HIGH
1947 Cold War Begins
1948 Berlin Blockade
1949 Russia Explodes A-Bomb
1950 Korean War
1951 Excess Profits Tax
1952 U.S. Seizes Steel Mills
1953 Russia Explodes H-Bomb
1954 Dow Tops 300- MARKET HIGH
1955 Eisenhower Illness
1956 Suez Crisis
1957 Russia Launches Sputnik
1958 Recession
1959 Castro Seizes Power in Cuba
1960 Russia Downs U-2 Plane
1961 Berlin Wall Erected
1962 Cuba Missile Crisis
1963 Kennedy Assassinated
1964 Gulf of Tonkin
1965 Civil Rights Marches
1966 Vietnam War Escalates
1967 Newark Race Riots
1968 USS Pueblo Seized
1969 Money Tightens- Market Falls
1970 Cambodia Invaded- Vietnam Spreads
1971 Wage Price Freeze
1972 Largest U.S. Trade Deficit Ever
1973 Energy Crisis- Gas Lines
1974 Steepest Market Drop in Four Decades
1975 Clouded Economic Prospects
1976 Economic Recovery Slows
1977 Market Slumps
1978 Interest Rates Rise
1979 Oil Prices Skyrocket
1980 Interest Rates At All-Time High
1981 Steep Recession Begins
1982 Worst Recession in 40 Years
1983 Market Hits New Highs
1984 Record Federal Deficits
1985 Economic Growth Slows
1986 Dow Near 2000
1987 Record-Setting Market Decline
1988 Iran Hostage Crisis
1989 October “Mini-Crash”
1990 Persian Gulf War
1991 Fall of Berlin Wall
1992 Global Recession
1993 Health Care Reform
1994 Fed Raises Interest Rates Six Times
1995 Dow Tops 5,000
1996 Dow Tops 6,000
1997 Hong Kong Reverts to China
1998 Asian Flu
1999 Y2K Scare
2000 Tech Bubble Burst
2001 Terrorist Attacks on USA
2002 Corporate Accounting Scandals
2003 Invasion of Iraq
2004 Interest Rates Rise
2005 Gulf Hurricanes
2006 North Korea Tests Nuclear Missiles
2007 The Chinese Correction
2008 The Global Financial Crisis Begins
2009 U.S. Unemployment Rate Exceeds 10%
2010 BP Oil Spill
2011 The European PIGS
2012 Falling Off the U.S. Fiscal Cliff
2013 Boston Marathon Bombing
2014 Ebola Outbreak
2015 The Paris Attacks and U.S. Mass Shootings
2016 Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton
2017 North Korea Nuclear Testing
2018 US-China Trade War Begins
2019 Trump Quid Pro Quo Impeachment
2020 COVID-19
2021 Inflation Nation!
2022 Russian Invades Ukraine
2023 Hamas Attacks Israel
2024 ???
1 Good Reason Why You Should
$104,099,363
This is the amount a mere $10,000 invested in the S&P 500 Index in January 1, 1934 would have been worth by market close on December 31, 2023 with dividends reinvested. Okay…so I realize most of us didn’t have $10,000 in 1934 to invest or weren’t even alive. So, what if a 65-year-old at the end of 2023 invested his or her $10,000 at the age 25 on January 1, 1984?
$682,643
Still a VERY Good Reason!
Emotionally and unconsciously, we are always thinking of reasons not to invest in the stock market. Is there fear today? Absolutely! Just think: What would Warren do? (Warren Buffet, that is – arguably the greatest investor of all time). Well…he says, “Buy Fear!” Let these 90 years of experience help you be comfortable with the exercising a good discipline to do what Warren does.
Source: https://dqydj.com/sp-500-return-calculator/
You cannot buy the S&P 500 index. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.