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50 and older, I'm sorry, but in my personal experience, your advice has been a little out of date.

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[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, but timing the market is always iffy. For all you know the bubble will burst so far out that it's still better to buy today.

Plus, you can invest in other countries. I myself hold some of an everything-except-the-US ETF.