We looked at the case for staying invested in foreign stocks in an earlier post. In this post, let’s review a chart showing the importance of staying invested in US stocks as represented by the S&P 500. From 1992, though the index has had many years of big intra-year declines, the S&P 500 had positive returns in 25 out of the past 30 years.

S&P500 Intra-Year Largest Declines and Year-end Total Returns 1992 to 2021:

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Source: The Power of Perseverance, Franklin Templeton

Related ETFs:

1. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
2. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV)
3. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
4. SPDR Portfolio S&P 500  ETF (SPLG)

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