The stock market roller coaster ride of investing is really hurting a lot of Americans these days. So far this year, both the stock market and the bond market have lost over 20% of value.* This has many people wondering what a better, more consistent investment is.
I think it is important that although today’s stock market may have larger losses than normal, the concept of the stock market losing money is actually relatively common. Since 1978, the S&P 500 stock market index has lost value for…
