- A hypothetical $1,000 turns into $121,353 from 1970 through March 17, 2020.
- Miss the S&P 500’s five best days and the return dwindles to $77,056. Miss the 25 best days and that’s $26,989.
- There’s no proven way to time the market—targeting the best days or moving to the sidelines to avoid the worst—so history argues for staying put through good times and bad.
Missing only a few days of strong returns can drastically impact overall performance.