Not exact matches
In fact, most of the Silicon Valley folks weren't old enough to be working
during the last
big bear market 15 years ago that wiped everyone out.
If you want to ensure you get the
big returns from stocks that investment writers highlight when urging you to invest in equities, you need to buy
during bear markets to make up for the lousy returns from those years when you buy at what proves to be the top of a bull
market.
However, what is perhaps more concerning is how target date funds performed
during the
big equity
bear markets.
However, it is true that when the
market does have
big down moves (like
during bear markets), they generally occur
during the summer or fall.
Actively managed mutual funds also give investors the opportunity to earn
market - beating returns and get protection from
big losses
during bear markets.
Buying highs and selling lows accomplishes two things: 1) we do not miss out on
big trends; and 2) we protect capital by cutting our losses
during bear markets (downtrends).
By hedging the
market risk at all times,
during the two
big bear markets since 1997, Swan's pain index was a fraction of that of the S&P 500 index.
High beta stocks tend to have
bigger gains
during bull
markets and
bigger losses
during bear markets.
Citing that
during the latest
bear market the Tether USDT coin which is purportedly backed up one to one with US Dollars took up a
bigger share of Bitcoin trading compared to the three historically major trading currencies; US Dollar, Chinese Yuan and the Japanese Yen.