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I could go on but I'm sure you get the point. If you don't, please understand

that strategies that worked during one particular economic period might be

a recipe for disaster in a different economic period.

The question you may want to ask yourself is how long is long enough for

you to recover from a stock market crash, such as the one in 2008?

I hope you don't run out of time waiting for Wall Street's 84-year long-term

10% average stock market return.

Many people are not aware that there are extended periods of time when

the stock market has earned virtually a zero rate of return. The following

graph illustrates the cyclic nature of the stock market over 118 years.

*Source: Guggenheim Investments 2014 “guggenheiminvestments.com”