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Is The "buy And Hold" Theory Of Owning Mutual Funds For Retirement Savings Now Defunct?

By Increase Savings | Published: July 25, 2009

The “buy and hold” folks have for many years said that the stock market averages a 7% return annually, and to keep investing in a diversified portfolio of mutual funds representing stocks and some bonds. But many investors following this strategy lost 30 – 45% of their retirement portfolio value in the last six months [...]

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