All we can do is play the cards that we are dealt, invest early and often, and steel ourselves to, as Jack Bogle would say, not just do something, but stand there, and stay the course.
As a result of diligently saving and investing, they’ve accumulated some very sizeable portfolios, only to see them decimated by 20%, 40%, or even 50% in just a few short months.
That year saw one of the sharpest stock market declines on record. Between January and December, the financial crisis nearly toppled the global economy