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Investment Decisions and Market Performance at All-Time Highs

The Motley Fool +1 · ·by G4L

  1. 1Waiting for the perfect buying opportunity can be a costly mistake.
  2. 2Vanguard examined stock market performance from 1950 to 2025.
  3. 3The average return for the S&P 500 during the one-year period following an all-time high was 9.5%.

So what's the key point?

Waiting for stock prices to hit their lowest point might actually lead to losses. According to a Vanguard study, the average return was 9.5 percent during the one-year period after an all-time high.

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