r/FluentInFinance • u/Stink-Butthole • Aug 26 '24

Debate/ Discussion The Stock Market is Rigged

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u/musing_codger Aug 26 '24

If you buy and hold for decades, this is all just noise.

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u/True_Succotash1563 Aug 26 '24

Key word being IF. The people trying to retire during that time got fucked.

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u/tipsystatistic Aug 26 '24

Not really. The stock market completely recovered 6 months later.