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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1281834, member: 3011&quot;]For those out there interested in facts, not opinions, I&#039;d just like to point out the following about the above claims.&nbsp; If you take a simple index investment like SPY, it is currently at 122.&nbsp; 11 years ago on this date it was 113, so buying at 113 and earning a 2.5% dividend on the starting value that grows most years produced a profit, not a loss.&nbsp; 15 years ago on this date it was 55, so buying at 55 and earning a 2.5% dividend on the starting value that grows over time also produced a pretty good profit even though you held through the crashes of 2000 and 2008.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t to prove that investing in an index fund is the best strategy [no investment is always best], but it does point out that you are going to read a lot of misinformation on Cointalk about the merits or lack of merits of stock market investing.&nbsp; Watch out for weasle words like &quot;opportunity cost&quot; and the like that are used by the writers to blow smoke in your face and allow them to wiggle out when their feet are held to the fire.&nbsp; It&#039;s all there to mislead you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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