The key to investment success is staying invested through market volatility, especially for retirement planning which requires a 35+ year horizon. Missing the 10 best market days over 25 years can cut returns in half, as good days cluster around bad ones.
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Gabriela Santos
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The interviewee emphasizes staying invested for long-term retirement (35+ years), implying a positive long-term outlook for equities, including Nasdaq, despite short-term volatility.
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Same long-term investment thesis applies to small caps (Russell 2000) as part of a diversified retirement portfolio, with emphasis on staying invested through volatility.
Gabriela Santos
The ability to stay invested determines success or failure in investing.
Planning should be for getting to and through retirement, not just to retirement, requiring a 35+ year time horizon.
Gabriela Santos
Personal behavior can derail long-term plans when markets drop, tempting investors to exit.
Markets tend to have good days clustered around the worst days; missing the 10 best days over 25 years can cut returns in half.