Post #1113 by Baltassar on the Mechanical Investing board

If someone appears to be repeatedly personal, lean towards patience as they might not mean offense. If you are sure, however, then do not deepen the problem by being negative; instead, simply place them on ignore by clicking the unhappy yellow face to the right of their name.

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The last five years have been tough for small-caps (ten years, indeed). Stockcharts shows IJR up 37% since 30 Nov 2018; SPY is up 83%. Take the comparison back to 2013, it's about the same. Presumably this kind of disparity won't last indefinitely. But ten years is a long time, and I'm not aware of any natural law that would rule of twenty years.

I have long since switched to ETFs as my investment vehicles. They tend to keep you out of asset classes that have the wind in their face. That way, when you go down, you down with the ship! You don't have to watch it sail away after you've been thrown overboard.

Baltassar

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