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The four reasons the data always sides with patience
Short-term trading is a zero-sum game. Long-term investing in great businesses is not. Here is why every serious investor eventually arrives at the same conclusion.
Markets reward patience
The S&P 500 has delivered 10.7% per year (with dividends reinvested) since its March 1957 inception — through 12 recessions, wars, oil shocks, and financial crises.
Read the full storyCompounding is unstoppable
$10,000 invested at the S&P 500's inception in 1957, with dividends reinvested, would be worth roughly $8.9 million today. No trading skill required — only patience.
Read the full storyTime eliminates risk
Every rolling 20-year period in S&P 500 history — including those starting in 1929 before the Great Depression — has ended with positive returns. Time is the hedge.
Read the full storyStaying in is the strategy
A $10,000 investment in the S&P 500 from 2003–2022 grew to $64,844 fully invested. Missing just the 10 best trading days cut that to $29,708 — less than half.
Read the full storySources: S&P Dow Jones Indices, J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Not investment advice.
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