A Successful Recovery from the Market Decline
September 23, 2009 by Super Saver
w.freemoneyfinance.com/2009/09/how-to-survive-a-market-decline.html">How to Survive a Market Decline, FMF at Free Money Finance writes how he is within 5% of his all time net worth high. His strategy was to continue investing in index funds throughout 2008 and 2009, and even increasing his monthly contribution in some cases.Given that that the Dow and S&P 500 are still down 30% from their all time highs, FMF has had a pretty good rebound in his net worth. His post shows how continuing to save and then dollar cost averaging while the market is falling can be very beneficial when the market starts advancing again.
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