Stocks Always Go Up in the Long Run, Right?

Written by David on October 30th, 2008

Nope.

Check out Japan’s Nikkei index over the past 20+ years.

Tht sux.

It peaked at 38,915.87 on December 29, 1989.  After Japan’s economy took its legendary nosedive, the Nikkei has strugged to get back to 20,000.  It’s now at a 26 year low!

So shall we “privatize” Social Security and put our faith in “the market?”  After all, this isn’t Japan.  As Frank Zappa said, it can’t happen here!

Right?

Right?

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