You dont have to time it perfectly. Even if you bought at the top, the US stocks are much higher today then in the 1990s or 2000s.
Your Japan example looks bad but seems a bit chosen as the exception to the rule. If you pick 100 countries in the west, most of them probably have better development than Japan? I havent looked but thats what I would guess. And specially the US.
Now with Trump at the wheel, all bets are off and it could very well crash more. But still, these times its good to keep buying. History has shown it pays off very much almost always.
Don’t try to time the market. Buy on a regular basis when you can afford it. And don’t assume the market is always going to go up just because it used to do that when sane people were in charge.
You dont have to time it perfectly. Even if you bought at the top, the US stocks are much higher today then in the 1990s or 2000s.
Your Japan example looks bad but seems a bit chosen as the exception to the rule. If you pick 100 countries in the west, most of them probably have better development than Japan? I havent looked but thats what I would guess. And specially the US.
Now with Trump at the wheel, all bets are off and it could very well crash more. But still, these times its good to keep buying. History has shown it pays off very much almost always.
Except when it doesn’t.
Well ok. Buy when its high prices then. Just doesnt make sense to me, but if it feels better… :)
Don’t try to time the market. Buy on a regular basis when you can afford it. And don’t assume the market is always going to go up just because it used to do that when sane people were in charge.