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Repeat after me, good and bad days cluster (responding to a garbage chart)

Brian Degracia

• 1 min read
Repeat after me, good and bad days cluster (responding to a garbage chart)

In Jeopardy style...

MY ANSWER: Reality shows 0% chance of missing the best xx market days while hitting the worst xx. There are reasons to LTB&H but this argument (you'll miss the big up days) is not one of them. Good and bad days cluster.

QUESTION: Can one can miss the 10 best market days while suffering from the 10 worst market days?

On LinkedIn, and most likely on every investment advisor/wealth manager site, this ridiculous chart is making the rounds again in response to today's market spanking:

This chart is COMPLETE GARBAGE. Yes, I said it.

My spreadsheet analysis:

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