I graduated from high school in 2000, and sold my first company to Google in 2011, insisting on cash and not stock given the performance of the market through my entire adult life ;)

The brilliant play is to be like the elves and say both yea and nay. 50/50 and either way you can look brilliant!

Thank you for the correction. I had mistakenly thought that the chart was total returns rather than just index price, but looking closer I think you are right.