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Dear New Investors: This Is Just What Markets DoThere is absolutely nothing abnormal about what is going on here. Most of us have to save somewhere, and history suggests that stocks are the most accessible route to getting the returns you will need to retire someday. It would take decades of systemic economic erosion to prove otherwise, and a few days of market declines do not suggest that anything like that is upon us."
New york times, dealing with declining stocks
The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself