Do people really care that much about short term decline? The SP500 was around 5000 a year ago, and it's currently well over 6000.
Also consider there was a period it took the NASDAQ something like 15 years to recover from a crash after ATH. If your 20 and don't plan to touch it till your 60, whatever. But if you were 55 and looking to capitalize on it at 65, well, zoom out doesn't mean much to you.
Not only does a pull back not really matter in the long term, but it even provides an opportunity to buy more at a lower cost now too!
A matter of perspective.
No.
Dodobrains on r/wallstreetbets?
The basement has never been so salty.
Honestly, it's all clickbait in the end. 'Real' investors are still quietly just plugging their weekly contribution into their 401k week after week without even remembering it.