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Midterm elections and the stock market: What 19 midterms since 1950 show
The US midterm elections are on Tuesday, 3 November 2026. I looked at what the S&P 500 did after every midterm since 1950. Twelve months after the…
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Book Reviews
Thomas J. Stanley, William D. Danko – The Millionaire Next Door – Review
The Millionaire Next Door is a 1996 study of how ordinary Americans became millionaires, and its answer is boring on purpose: they earned a decent…
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Best day to buy stocks: What 66 years of S&P 500 data show
The best day of the week to buy stocks depends on which decades you look at, and for a long-term investor it barely matters. I checked every trading…
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Dollar cost averaging vs lump sum: What 38 years of S&P 500 data show
Dollar cost averaging means investing a sum in equal parts over several months instead of all at once. I tested both on the S&P 500 with dividends…
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S&P 500 average return: What 98 years of data really show
The S&P 500’s average return since 1928 is about 10% a year with dividends reinvested: 10.0% compounded over 98 calendar years, 1928–2025. Without…
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Sequence of returns risk: Why your retirement date matters
Sequence of returns risk is the danger that bad years come at the start of retirement, while you are taking money out. I ran it on real S&P 500 data…