History Shows Staying Invested Turned $10,000 Into $85,000 Despite 2026 Crash Fears
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 12
History Shows Staying Invested Turned $10,000 Into $85,000 Despite 2026 Crash Fears
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 12
Summary
$10,000 invested in an S&P 500 ETF in January 2000 would be worth about $85,000 today, underscoring the report’s main advice to stay invested through any 2026 sell-off.
More than 750% total returns came despite the dot-com crash and Great Recession, reinforcing the argument that timing exits and re-entries is far riskier than riding out bear markets.
Since March 1, the S&P 500 has still gained over 12% even after the Iran war began, a recent example of how fears that seem crash-inducing can fail to derail stocks.
Oil above $100 a barrel, renewed tariff battles and rising odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month are the headwinds now feeding volatility concerns, even as major indexes had hit record highs earlier this year.