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Hi Toofuzzy!

Thank you for good advice about setting up a portfolio.

"Even AIM with just the S+P 500 will do worse in an up trending market. But the losses will be less on the way down."

Market crashes or corrections are not the norm, but rather an exception. They rarely happen. And when they do, prices always recover. Who cares if the TEMPORARY losses are more on the way down? We'll just have to tough it out.

Has anyone done a statistical analysis that tells what gives better long-term returns across meny sectors/industries, Buy and hold strategy vs AIM?

If we have a long-term outlook, maybe it is financially more productive to deploy a buy and hold strategy?