By Josh Katzowitz, WCI Content Director

Every time a bull market enters a correction period or, even worse, becomes a bear market and white coat investors lose tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of dollars in a short amount of time, the question inevitably appears:

“Is this time different?”

We know that the stock market has always gone up and to the right over time.

If you need proof, here’s a good illustration of how time in the market has always worked to your advantage.

If you stay in the market long enough, history tells us that we WILL make money even though we’ll probably also have to go through some deep dives. That’s why Dr. Jim Dahle is always preaching about staying the course, why other investors speak about buying the dip, why WCI columnist Rikki Racela writes about his lust for buying stocks on

Keep reading this article on The White Coat Investor.