Originally Posted by
Turbosina
The Dow Jones index is literally just 30 American companies. It excludes utilities and transportation, and it is most certainly not representative of the overall US economy. If you only judge world events by whatever number the Dow happens to be at, I don't know what to tell you...
If you FAILED TO NOTICE the second photo which showed the Index 500 which demonstrates what an index of (duh) FIVE HUNDRED of the most prominent US companies including utilities and transportation and definitely DOES broadly represent the US economy and either didn’t understand that or didn’t notice it, I DO KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU;
For the sake of your significant other and/or kids, let someone else, even if you have to pay a professional financial manager to do it, manage your 401k for you, so they aren’t having to support you in your old age.