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REDDIT

What do you tell people that are too scared to move out of cash?

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Jul 10, 2026 · 02:21

I read this today:

"$1 you left in cash since 2020 is now worth \~78 cents in real terms.

$1 invested in $VOO grew to \~$2.55 today."

I have friends with hundreds of thousands in money markets because they have foreseen a crash coming for years.

How do you convince friends or loved ones that sitting 100% cash or even 50% cash is a disaster.

I'm not trying to get anyone to invest their life savings in $VOO, by all means keep a $100k emergency fund in SGOV or whatever makes you happy. But you can't sit on $400k in a money market and think you're retiring.