Comments on: A Really Long Term Dow Jones Chart to Put Things in Perspective http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/a-really-long-term-dow-jones-chart-to-put-things-in-perspective/ One Guy's Journey to Passive Income Through Dividend Investing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: lemizeraq http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/a-really-long-term-dow-jones-chart-to-put-things-in-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-54375 lemizeraq Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:05:43 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/?p=1523#comment-54375 The stock from 1896 is derived from the work of Jeremy Siegel's book, 'Stocks for the Long Run', except that he plotted it for longer, from 1802 if I remember correctly. Anyway, someone once said, "In the long run, everyone's dead". But it does show emphatically that over time, stocks wins hands down all the time. So buy and hold is not necessarily dead, except that it's in slumber or hibernation. The stock from 1896 is derived from the work of Jeremy Siegel’s book, ‘Stocks for the Long Run’, except that he plotted it for longer, from 1802 if I remember correctly.

Anyway, someone once said, “In the long run, everyone’s dead”. But it does show emphatically that over time, stocks wins hands down all the time. So buy and hold is not necessarily dead, except that it’s in slumber or hibernation.

]]> By: HexaneKane http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/a-really-long-term-dow-jones-chart-to-put-things-in-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-54335 HexaneKane Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:13:28 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/?p=1523#comment-54335 If you look at this chart it is not on a linear scale. Look at the left of the chart. In the 1929 crash the market dropped about 440 points. Currently we have come down from 14000. That is a 7000 point drop. I am no expert. And I may be wrong in my conclusion here. (Please correct me if I am), but this chart cannot be used to compare the 29 crash to the present one. If you look at this chart it is not on a linear scale. Look at the left of the chart. In the 1929 crash the market dropped about 440 points. Currently we have come down from 14000. That is a 7000 point drop. I am no expert. And I may be wrong in my conclusion here. (Please correct me if I am), but this chart cannot be used to compare the 29 crash to the present one.

]]> By: Dow Jones From 1896 Till Today | OneMint http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/a-really-long-term-dow-jones-chart-to-put-things-in-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-54328 Dow Jones From 1896 Till Today | OneMint Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:04:01 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/?p=1523#comment-54328 [...] Dividend Guy had this interesting chart on Dow Movements from May 26 1896 till Feb 2009. That’s right - it is 1896. The Dow was 40.94 on that date and [...] [...] Dividend Guy had this interesting chart on Dow Movements from May 26 1896 till Feb 2009. That’s right – it is 1896. The Dow was 40.94 on that date and [...]

]]> By: Is buy and hold investment strategy dead? | Financial Highway http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/a-really-long-term-dow-jones-chart-to-put-things-in-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-54250 Is buy and hold investment strategy dead? | Financial Highway Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:25:59 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/?p=1523#comment-54250 [...] term investor. If you look at historic data, markets are always on an uptrend in the long term. The Dividend Guy has taken a long term look at the Dow Jones and came to the same [...] [...] term investor. If you look at historic data, markets are always on an uptrend in the long term. The Dividend Guy has taken a long term look at the Dow Jones and came to the same [...]

]]> By: Weekly Links - February 22, 2009 | Dividends Value http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/a-really-long-term-dow-jones-chart-to-put-things-in-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-54243 Weekly Links - February 22, 2009 | Dividends Value Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:32:28 +0000 http://www.thedividendguyblog.com/?p=1523#comment-54243 [...] The Dividend Guy presented A Really Long Term Dow Jones Chart to Put Things in Perspective [...] [...] The Dividend Guy presented A Really Long Term Dow Jones Chart to Put Things in Perspective [...]

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