Okay, here it is:
"What happens if you miss the best days in the stock market?
Time in the market, versus time out of the market
31, 2018, if you missed the top 10 best days in the stock market, your overall return was cut in half. That's a significant difference for only 10 days over two decades! ... If you were fully invested in the S&P 500, your annualized total return was 7.7% during that time."
link to the article on Motley Fool:
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/04/11/what-happens-when-you-miss-the-best-days-in-the-st.aspxLook at this chart from the article. Amazing!:
"Here's how a $10,000 initial investment fared over the past 20 years depending on if its investor stayed invested or instead, missed some of the market's best days.
January 4, 1999 to December 31, 2018 Dollar value Annualized Performance
Fully invested (S&P 500 index) $29,845 5.62%
Missed 10 best days $14,895 2.01%
Missed 20 best days $9,359 -.33%
Missed 30 best days $6,213 -2.35%
Missed 40 best days $4,241 -4.2%
Missed 50 best days $2,985 -5.87%
Missed 60 best days $2,144 -7.41%