K5 wrote:
No. The market went down 50% in about a month in the 2008 meltdown. I was not in the market. Ergo, I lost nothing.
You're not too sharp are you?
here - the worst months ever in the markets took place in the great depression and the 87 crash. and none of them was near 50%. And remember '87 was an up year in the end.
Five worst months in the stock market
09/1931, -30.7%
04/1932, -23.7%
03/1938, -23.7%
10/1987, -23.2%
05/1940, -21.7%
http://www.financialramblings.com/archives/historical-stock-market-performance/
now you may deflect.
so...what does 'you're not too sharp are you' mean now, compared to you?