@causecelebre quite right. Lost decades are not a pleasant thought. Everyone is cool calm and collected until they get repeatedly punched in the face during a lost decade.
Interestingly from a retirement perspective 1966 was the worst time to retire. The high inflation and bear markets of the 1970s made it worse than the 1929 and early 1930s collapses.
The recent lost decade from 2001 didn't make a dent in bog standard retirement portfolio allocations in terms of the success rate ie the money didn't run out. During those 10 years it would have felt horrible however and I bet it curbed spending terribly. I would have toned things down despite 6 simulations tellings me I didn't have to worry.
Yield curve inversion about to end ...good sign or ??
Japan is the source of trouble ...may lead to some Lehman belly up and then rates dropping even more ...soon the way its going ...Not seen Singapore index down 5% before ...why ? Just collateral damage or margin selling or world trade collapsing ??
Originally Posted by bull....
your brave , nikkei losses today 8% + at moment.
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