While you are correct and this place tends to be a bear market, I don’t have much reason for optimism after the last few years and our “leadership”.
Yeah, I understand. I’ve been permanently optimistic for 45 years and it has worked out great. The person who told me fortunes are made during crashes and lost during booms was right. Ther person who told me refusal to panic can cure almost any mistake was SO right. The person who told me to write and update regularly a 1yr, 5yr, 10yr, and 20yr plan was SO right. (20yr only plan applicable to my heirs now, but that’s life).