Index funds

[MrBlue]

I'm a newbie investor as well and the below are my thoughts.


1. Past performance does not necessarily gaurantee future performance.

The US has had incredible growth the last 100 years. If you are bullish on the US economy for the next 30-50 years, then by all means, invest all your money here.

There's also the emerging markets factor.
China, India, Brazil, etc.

And the baby boomer factor.
Are they going to suck the life of the markets starting in 08?

2. How long is long?

There were periods of 5-10 years where performace of the S&P was below 10% per annum. Could you wait it out if we hit one of those streches again?