BUDDHIFI • BEHAVIORAL INTELLIGENCE
Market Discipline & The Panic Shield
“The stock market is having a temporary sale.” Backtest 24 years of real market crises (Dot-com, 2008, COVID) to see why panic-selling carries a devastating financial penalty.
$51k$38k$25k$13k$0
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Steady IndexerPanic Seller⚡ Market Crisis
Steady Indexer
$51kStayed the course through 5 crisesPanic Seller
$39kSold during drawdowns & missed reboundsNervousness Tax
-$12k24% of potential wealth lost to timing fearMissing the market's best recovery days cost the Panic Seller 24% of their wealth. The best days almost always follow the worst. By selling in fear and buying back late, the Performance Chaser systematically locked in losses and missed recoveries.