A story of investing with 4 charts

Focus less on the short-term, much more on the long-term.

A story of investing with 4 charts of the S&P 500 since 1984 over 40 years: daily, monthly, annual and accumulated total returns from Koyfin

1 | Daily Returns of the S&P 500

It is going to be bloody noisy, and you don’t know on any given day whether is it going to be up or down, it is more like a coin toss.

2 | Monthly Returns of the S&P 500

Monthly is less volatile than daily, but still very noisy.

3 | Yearly Returns of the S&P 500

Annual returns are less noisy, with far more up years than down years, but there are still some occasional large drawdowns every few years.

4 | Total Returns of the S&P 500

In investing, there is going to be a lot of ups and downs.

Seek to be one who can differentiate from the noise, be patient to hold through time, and excited to add during sell-offs, it can be hugely rewarding.

Seek to be one of these very few.

Charts are created using Koyfin, a platform that I love to use to find quick financials of the companies we invest in, and highly recommend.

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02 Dec 2023 | Eugene Ng | Vision Capital Fund | eugene.ng@visioncapitalfund.co

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