Comments on: S&P 500 Fun Facts http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/ A personal finance blog dedicated to discussing such topics as budgeting, asset allocation, 401K, IRA, cash flow, insurance, financial planning, portfolio management, and other areas in personal finance. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Interesting Facts http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-442965 Interesting Facts Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:31:40 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-442965 Thats really interesting its a nice idea about investing.... way of segmenting is really great thanks for sharing Thats really interesting

its a nice idea about investing…. way of segmenting is really great

thanks for sharing

]]> By: Investment Strategies That Work - Day 3 Is Buy & Hold Dead or Alive? http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-416214 Investment Strategies That Work - Day 3 Is Buy & Hold Dead or Alive? Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:53:28 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-416214 [...] to look at the strategy of buying and holding the S&P 500 index because its probably one of the best ways to track overall market performance. Here’s more on the S&P 500 from Wikipedia: The S&P 500 is a value weighted index [...] [...] to look at the strategy of buying and holding the S&P 500 index because its probably one of the best ways to track overall market performance. Here’s more on the S&P 500 from Wikipedia: The S&P 500 is a value weighted index [...]

]]> By: Steven Peace http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-231487 Steven Peace Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:32:34 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-231487 Have you ran historicals on the five year segments and in negative years show a carry forward of the previous positive year/rears and do not factor in the negative years? The index annuity concept with 100% participation Have you ran historicals on the five year segments and in negative years show a carry forward of the previous positive year/rears and do not factor in the negative years?
The index annuity concept with 100% participation

]]> By: Blaine Moore (First Time Home Owner) http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-96032 Blaine Moore (First Time Home Owner) Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:09:12 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-96032 Ben, The best time to get into the market is when it's going down, as long as you don't plan on getting out for a while. Heheh. Ben,

The best time to get into the market is when it’s going down, as long as you don’t plan on getting out for a while. Heheh.

]]> By: Ben http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-95452 Ben Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:23:25 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-95452 JLP, thanks for putting this together, interesting data. It'd be really cool if you could give us the numbers for the NEXT 80 years so I know when to get into and out of the market :) JLP, thanks for putting this together, interesting data. It’d be really cool if you could give us the numbers for the NEXT 80 years so I know when to get into and out of the market :)

]]> By: » Some Posts Worthy Of Remark on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-95433 » Some Posts Worthy Of Remark on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:53:09 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-95433 [...] Like S&P facts? JLP has a bunch of S&P facts. [...] [...] Like S&P facts? JLP has a bunch of S&P facts. [...]

]]> By: AllFinancialMatters » Blog Archive » More S&P 500 Index Stats http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-95254 AllFinancialMatters » Blog Archive » More S&P 500 Index Stats Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:45:14 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-95254 [...] At the suggestion of a couple of commenters on my S&P 500 Fun Facts post, I decided to rerun the numbers with inflation included. Here’s what I found along with a link to the source information: [...] [...] At the suggestion of a couple of commenters on my S&P 500 Fun Facts post, I decided to rerun the numbers with inflation included. Here’s what I found along with a link to the source information: [...]

]]> By: Advanced Personal Finance » Blog Archive » Friday Favorites #1 - round-up of PF articles http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-95053 Advanced Personal Finance » Blog Archive » Friday Favorites #1 - round-up of PF articles Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:37:54 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-95053 [...] JLP at All Financial Matters gives some very interesting S&P 500 data. [...] [...] JLP at All Financial Matters gives some very interesting S&P 500 data. [...]

]]> By: tinyhands http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-94920 tinyhands Thu, 05 Apr 2007 18:43:21 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-94920 I don't know what you'll find for 10 year periods, but Ray Lucia is fond of saying that there is NO 15 year period that didn't gain money (although I don't recall how MUCH gain he usually says). He cites Ibbotson as well. I don’t know what you’ll find for 10 year periods, but Ray Lucia is fond of saying that there is NO 15 year period that didn’t gain money (although I don’t recall how MUCH gain he usually says). He cites Ibbotson as well.

]]> By: vivek http://allfinancialmatters.com/2007/04/04/sp-500-fun-facts/comment-page-1/#comment-94872 vivek Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:39:32 +0000 http://allfinancialmatters.com/?p=1694#comment-94872 Hi JLP Based on the facts, it looks like a good investment, I am new to investing and was looking at the last 5 years graph on the S&P, there was a major dip in 2002-2003 period and it has been moving upwards after that. Is this a good time to invest in S&P based funds ? Hi JLP

Based on the facts, it looks like a good investment, I am new to investing and was looking at the last 5 years graph on the S&P, there was a major dip in 2002-2003 period and it has been moving upwards after that. Is this a good time to invest in S&P based funds ?

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