1 Ring to Rule Them All, 1 Share to Lead the Charge

This is an incredible chart. Not only has the index risen over 300 times since 1974 but there have been only six significant down years in that period, spanning over half a century, and only twice has there been a sequence of over two down years with three of the six severe down years coming in sequence after the bursting of the 2000 dot com bubble, which was a tulip mania event.

As the quote below suggests the biggest risk for investors is not being invested in US stocks. This can be achieved with regular ETFs, leveraged ETFs, selected UK investment trusts or most excitingly by building a portfolio of what I am coming to call Super 3G stocks. Or perhaps, most exciting but most dangerous of all, by investing in a handful of superstars.