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Comment by nitwit005

6 hours ago

People will eagerly tell you that some types of investments are guaranteed to show returns over a long enough period, but over a long enough period we'll all be dead.

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nradov  4 hours ago

The majority of people who were alive in 2001 are still alive today.

  • nitwit005  3 hours ago

    But possibly not the majority of people who might actually buy those stocks. Look into statistics on stock ownership by age.

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