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Couple of points for context about this.

First, yes it will come back, but we don't know when it will come back. This disproportionately penalizes older people, especially those plan on cashing out or are currently slowly pulling out funds to live since they are retired. For many of them, there is not a 5-year Outlook.

Secondly, I don't know that this is the time to buy. 3 weeks from now might be the time to buy. We might bleed off another 10 or 15% more before it bottoms out. The thing about downward trends is that they are volatile by nature. Volatility means that there's a portion of people who think it's the time to buy while there's a portion of people who think it's the time to sell and you get the zigzags. Not a giant problem other than companies tend to hoard cash during these times, which adds to the cycle of a recession.

Thirdly, sharp downward trends create volatility because a week into it or a month into it or a year into it, somebody says that it's the magical time to buy. The real truth of it is that the time to buy is when it's on and upward trend because that's slow and steady and not volatile. In these burn offs, it'll go down 9% and then up 7% and then down 16% and up 28% and then down 14% and then up 17%.That is not the time to buy.

Finally, the information is slanted by political leaning. When Democrats controlled Washington and the stocks tanked, it wasn't the time to buy then. It was the time to panic. Right?

In short, the time to buy is when you're in your twenties and you could afford the swings and not look at the papers. Of course, most people make the least amount of money they'll ever and make while they're in their twenties.

Interpretations running through my head.
Custom made - "If you're dumb enough to give me $60 I'll make more than one"
Based on the movie - "I have no imagination, these days no one does."
If you haven't seen the movie keep scrolling - "Please don't call them klan hoods."
Each are made to order - "Useless to make mask until I have your money"

@MrShrek said:
Walked out my front door to spoke and this dude comes strolling up. Yes I have chickens, but no clue where this rooster came from.

An egg, Glenn

https://www.thoughtco.com/financial-panics-of-the-19th-century-1774020

The Great Depression of the 1930s was called "great" for a reason. It followed a long series of depressions that afflicted the American economy throughout the 19th century.

Crop failures, drops in cotton prices, reckless railroad speculation, and sudden plunges in the stock market all came together at various times to send the growing American economy into chaos. The effects were often brutal, with millions of Americans losing jobs, farmers being forced off their land, and railroads, banks, and other businesses going under for good.

Here are the basic facts on the major financial panics of the 19th century.