Timing the market may seem easy and enticing, but it's impossible. Here is why long-term investing works.
Trying to time the market by avoiding market downturns typically means missing out on the largest upside gains as well. Of the stock market's most profitable days. 78% happen in a bear market or in the first two months of a new bull market. This video breaks it down.
*Stock prices used in the below video were during the trading day of Dec. 27, 2022. The video was published on Dec. 27, 2022.
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