As an investor, time is on your side. A longer time horizon gives investors more ability to weather short term volatility, while giving them more time for potential returns to compound. More on our blog, 🔗 in bio. #stockmarket #financialliteracy #millennialmoney — The analysis above explores the probability of loss for an investor engaged in the US market over various investment periods - specifically 1-10, 15, and 20 years - based on historical data from 1926 to 2023. The data used includes the total US market returns, accounting for reinvested dividends, as sourced from Ken French’s database. The monthly returns span from July 1926 to September 2023.To assess the probability of loss over different investment durations (N years), we employed a rolling return methodology. This involved calculating the total returns for consecutive N-year periods starting from 1926 to 2023. For instance, for 2-year returns, we analyzed periods such as July 1926-June 1928, followed by August 1926-Jul...