I started investing at the peak of the Great Recession, and 10 years later I'd tell anyone there's no reason to fear the market

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In the short-term, the stock market can be risky and volatile, but it's usually the right place to invest for long-term g, my first 401 plan account started at the precipice of the worst financial recession in the United States since the Great Depression. For millions of relatively new investors, the stock market crash of 2008 was enough to scare them away from the stock market for good.

points out that just three in five millennials are invested in the stock market in any way. That means 40% of millennials are missing out. Of those who are invested, balances are much lower than Generation X and other previous generations.

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