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Re: "Sell in May and Go Away"
Old 05-02-2007, 04:15 AM   #21
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what does your math tell you if you underperform the S&P500 by 1% a year for 30 years
risks in everything

one year I dca'd money into my 401k all year and underperformed the rate of return of the funds because i put in money at the times when the market was high
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Re: "Sell in May and Go Away"
Old 05-02-2007, 06:48 AM   #22
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Re: "Sell in May and Go Away"

Higher than what? The next day? Week? Month? Year? Ten years?

Gives me a headache...
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