Tori Dunlap
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Podcast Appearances
It's not week-to-week.
It's not month-to-month.
It's not really even year-to-year.
We're talking years, if not decades.
And there's so many people out there telling you, oh, you can day trade and you can buy and sell stocks.
No, it's fully a scam.
Don't do that, girls.
And when you think that investing is gambling, that is gambling.
That is what we're talking about when people think investing is gambling.
If you choose something like an index fund, that is a long-term diversified investment where you are holding it for years, if not decades.
So, yes, as much as, again, I wish I could come in and be like, I'm going to come on this show and teach you how to get rich by next Tuesday.
Like, that's not happening.
and it's not because I'm not good at my job, it's because this is how this works, is investing is a long-term strategy.
And fun fact, it is never lost.
So women are so afraid of losing money on the stock market.
If you put your money into an investment and you take it out the next day, you're going to make money half the time.
But if you keep that investment in for a year, your percentage goes up to around 60%.
Over a 10-year period, it's 88%.
And over every single documented 20-year period so far in the 100 plus years of the stock market, you've been 100% likely to make money.
So if you're scared of losing money,