What you see below is that,
especially during market declines that follow broad market overvaluation, losses tend to be unmerciful across - the - board.
Not exact matches
During a
market decline, traditional investments can lose money and your savings may not have time to recover —
especially if you're near retirement or already retired.
Notice that
during the last three bear
markets, and
especially during the last two major stock -
market declines beginning in 2000 and 2007, bonds ramped up their defensive characteristics, helping a standard policy portfolio avoid between roughly 55 and 70 percent of the drawdown.
During a
market decline, traditional investments can lose money and your savings may not have time to recover —
especially if you're near retirement or already retired.
In the intermediate term, and
especially during declines in the U.S.
market, foreign stocks are much more tightly linked to U.S.
markets than internationally diversified investors often expect.
What's interesting about the graph is where the red line — the European Value Index — typically sits in relation to US stocks
during bear
market declines,
especially in more recent data.
Notice that
during the last three bear
markets, and
especially during the last two major stock -
market declines beginning in 2000 and 2007, bonds ramped up their defensive characteristics, helping a standard policy portfolio avoid between roughly 55 and 70 percent of the drawdown.