1) If you put all of your money in exactly 17 years ago, then, yes. You would be at the same place.
2) It still would've been paying you dividends that entire time
3) If you, rather than investing an imaginary lump sum at the top of the market 17 years ago, invested slowly as your savings accumulated over time, you would be ahead.
The FTSE hasn't exactly been sitting still all those 17 years.
2) It still would've been paying you dividends that entire time
3) If you, rather than investing an imaginary lump sum at the top of the market 17 years ago, invested slowly as your savings accumulated over time, you would be ahead.
The FTSE hasn't exactly been sitting still all those 17 years.