Ep 57: A Tale of Two Decades

Retire Smarter with Kevin Kroskey, CFP® & Tyler Emrick, CFA® CFP® · Sep 17, 2020 · 32m

Proper investment diversification works ... even when you don't want it to. With the US stock market and particularly large technology stocks having the wind at their backs recently, many are eschewing diversification to chase these high flyers.

As the saying goes, if we forget history, we are doomed to repeat it. In that spirit, hear Kevin tell a tale of two decades.

First is the Lost Decade of the 2000s when, after the Tech Bubble burst, US investors lost money for an entire decade from 2000 to 2009. Second is the recent decade from 2010 to 2019 where US stocks screamed. The two are starkly…