What Can Happen In 683 Days?
The weekend TV news shows are filled with pundits talking about what they see as the most important issue we currently face; who will be the Presidential nominee for each party in 2016? The election is slated for November 8th 2016, which is 683 days away. What can happen in 683 days? Current demographics show that 212 million babies will be born across the globe, including 8 million in the US. Over the same period 103 million people will die in the world. What about the market? Let’s pretend today is April 23rd 2007 and you decided to invest in S&P 500 Index. By March 6th 2009, 683 days later, you would be down 55%. But if on that same date you decided to invest some more money in the S&P 500, 683 days later the new investment would be up 94%! So, in short, a lot can happen in 683 days.