Although the numbers show that it's a good idea to stay in the market as long as possible, they say nothing about how long you should hang on to particular stocks or funds. Two weeks before your departure, you lose your job. We were wondering the same thing after we read it on another personal-finance site. The quiz aims, it seems, to gauge your capacity for terror rather than the common hazards of investing. You can't handle risk.
Risk is a fact of life for any investor.
Stock markets plunge. Companies go bankrupt. And there are countless other little ways to lose money much less dramatically. 7,300 in 10 years. To earn the highest rewards, you have to assume a certain amount of risk.