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53928396 No.53928396 [Reply] [Original]

I have about half a million in S&P 500 index funds, if the stock market goes up by 50% I will only be 250k richer.

If someone has 5 million in the S&P 500 then they would be 2.5 million richer

If someone has 0 invested then they will be $0 richer

This isn’t fucking fair!

>> No.53928421

hmm yes i can confirm that's how percentages work

>> No.53928443

>>53928421
Yeah it’s so fucked, today the market was up by like 1.6% and my portfolio is up around $8000. Insane how this is like an entire years income in some countries and I am $8k richer just because I own some intangible “shares” of something in an online brokerage

>> No.53928517
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53928517

Anyone can invest desu senpai.

>> No.53928528

>>53928396
Power law. The big get bigger

>> No.53928569

>>53928443
anon but if you think about it, you are rewarded proportionally to how much you are risking
the guy with 5 millions invested is risking 5 millions, the guy with 0 invested is risking 0

>> No.53928571

>>53928443
and? if it goes down 1.6% you're 8k worse off
the idea is to continuously add to the position and sell when you need it

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53929245

>>53928517
Why isn't she hitting the wall?

>> No.53929746

>>53928396
Now think about how billionaires inheritors pay almost no tax but if you are an engineer or doctor you will pay close to 50% total taxes.