Missing Top Performing Days Can Hurt Your Return- Blackrock – 01/01/14

MISSING TOP-PERFORMING DAYS CAN HURT YOUR RETURN

Hypothetical Investment of $100,000 in the S&P 500 Index Over the Last 20 Years (1994–2013)

The graph below shows how a hypothetical $100,000 investment in stocks would have been affected by missing the market’s top-performing days over the 20-year period from January 1, 1994 to December 31, 2013. For example, an individual who remained invested for the entire time period would have accumulated $582,687, while an investor who missed just five of the top-performing days during that period would have accumulated only $386,550.

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