Stock Market Returns Are Anything but Average
There are all sorts of interesting facts you can pull out of this, like how if you missed the top 10 best days in the market from 1999-2019, your return was cut in half. If you missed the top 20 best days, you actually lost money: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fool.com&#x2F;investing&#x2F;2019&#x2F;04&#x2F;11&#x2F;what-happens-when-you-miss-the-best-days-in-the-st.aspx" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fool.com&#x2F;investing&#x2F;2019&#x2F;04&#x2F;11&#x2F;what-happens-when-...</a><p>Basically never mistake annualized return over a long period of time for your expected return in a given year (or day, etc). There will be some really really good years, and a few really really bad years. If something grows consistently with low variance over a long period of time, that&#x27;s a red flag! It&#x27;s likely to be a &quot;picking up pennies in front of a steamroller&quot; type trade.