Questions about the Time in the Market poster

What’s on the Time in the Market poster?

A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Long-run returns are concentrated in a small number of days, most of which occur close to periods of sharp falls. Being absent for them materially reduces the total. Missing the ten best days over decades can cut returns substantially.; The best days frequently occur within weeks of the worst.; Predicting either reliably has never been demonstrated.; Regular investing removes the timing decision.; Longer horizons have historically reduced the range of outcomes.; Costs and taxes of trading compound against you.; Best days — cluster near worst; Reliable timing — not demonstrated; An investor who sells during a crash and waits for calm typically re-enters after the…. General education, not financial advice. Past patterns are not a guarantee of future ones.

Who is the Time in the Market poster for?

Time in the Market belongs to the Money section rather than to a school year, because money is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning investing can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Time in the Market poster?

The best days cluster near the worst. Selling to avoid the worst usually misses the best. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Time in the Market belongs on the wall where that money work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Time in the Market?

Asset Classes, Bonds and Diversification sit alongside Time in the Market in the Money section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Asset ClassesBondsDiversification

Is the Time in the Market poster free to download and print?

Yes. Time in the Market downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Money section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Time in the Market poster print at?

Time in the Market is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Time in the Market loses nothing.Printing guide