Regarding ETFs, yes, ETFs grow
in bull markets because it pays to create new units.
Put another way, everyone is a genius
in a bull market because one can just throw a dart and probably make a hit.
Various stocks with poor fundamental rise
in bull market because of speculators..
Not exact matches
On what the
bull market needs to stay alive: «I think you need a catalyst
because valuations are at the point now where,
in my opinion, where it's going to be difficult to get sustainable earnings growth without capital spending,» said Trennert.
Bitcoin fell on Friday
because «everybody's panicking,» but volatility
in this
market is actually quite normal, bitcoin
bull Brian Kelly said.
«The thesis that shorting the FAANG stocks would act like a turbo - charged portfolio hedge
because of their out - sized run - up
in the
bull market was a good call,» Ihor Dusaniwsky, managing director of predictive analytics at S3, told Business Insider.
«The current
bull market is not going to end simply
because «stocks have gone up too much»... The buyside is fairly cautious, seeing downside stemming from: (i) deflationary pressures of the 40 % year - over-year oil decline, deceleration
in China, Eurozone weakness, and the fall
in 5 - year inflation breakevens; and (ii) Fed monetary tightening... Capital stock is again showing signs of pent - up demand, and as a consequence, companies and households will have to invest.
However,
because they are comprised of a basket of actual stocks, ETFs are generally much less volatile than the individual small to mid-cap growth stocks we trade
in bull markets.
I do agree with you that
bull markets produce many more «investing experts»
because in a
bull market everybody wins.
In bull markets, investment decisions are often influenced by price anchors, which are prices deemed significant
because of their closeness to recent prices.
Dollar
bull market:
Because imported goods are included
in inflation calculations, the relative strength of the dollar is also key.
Closing prices are the most important
in any
market because they reflect who won the battle between the
bulls and bears for that session.
I suppose they did this
because of the 30 + year
bull run
in the bond
market.
That critique misses the mark
because the objective of low volatility strategies is not to capture all of the upside
in a
bull market, but rather to perform less...
«This is significant
because we [were] at all - time highs, and you usually don't see a
bull market where everything is up, including bonds, stocks and gold,» says Chartered Financial Consultant Chris McMahon, founder of McMahon Financial Advisors
in Pittsburgh.
Hint:
Bull market means «up»
because real - life
bulls attack by driving their horns up
in the air.
The
market dogs that didn't bark Stocks plunged, but oil prices, bond prices and currencies were calmThe correction
in the stock
market probably doesn't mean the end of the
bull market,
because of the dogs that didn't bark, writes Anatole Kaletsky.
In a
bull market, the risk premium collapses,
because people are risk loving.
Though our investment horizon of interest is a complete
market cycle, we don't generally think
in terms of
bull and bear
markets,
because they can only be determined
in hindsight.
High bullishness
in early
bull markets is typically not a negative,
because the initial advance is generally very powerful.
These occasions are rather memorable,
because they marked the beginning of the biggest
bull market in silver since the blow - off move of 1979 — 1980.
So while you probably don't want to dump all your stocks
because we are still
in the midst of a
bull market, you probably do want to shift your exposure to protect yourself from the coming decline
in equities.
I have no views about whether a bear
market has started
in stocks,
because I don't really think
in terms of
bull and bear
markets (which can only be identified
in hindsight).
It also suggests to us that the cyclical
bull market is more likely to end via a gradual rolling - over than an upside blow - off,
because upside blow - offs
in major financial
markets require exuberance from the general public.
Entertaining as it may be, it's mostly a waste of time trying to label what type of environment we're
in,
because much of the time, like today, we're
in neither a
bull nor bear
market.
And crucially, if you decide you want to change your rebalancing plan, do so
in the cold light of day, not
because you've been sucked into a
bull market!
This is
because, as we can see on its latest 1 - year chart below, the Head - and - Shoulders bottom that is developing
in it has now become pleasingly symmetrical, which means that the time is nigh for it to break out upside from this pattern into a significant new
bull market upleg.
And one of the ones that we've seen a lot
in the last couple of weeks, just before this big move, was that
because the VIX is at 27 year lows, that means the
bull market's ending, and we're going to have a big crash.
The reality is that profiting from ETF and stock trading
in a raging
bull market is not that difficult
because a vast majority of stocks will trend higher, but what separates amateurs from the professionals is the ability to hold on to those profits when the stock
market inevitably changes direction, which usually occurs quite swiftly.
«The later stages of the 2009 — 2017
bull market are a valuation illusion built on share buyback alchemy... The technique optically reduces the price - to - earnings multiple
because the denominator doesn't adjust for the reduced share count... Share buybacks are a major contributor to the low volatility regime
because a large price insensitive buyer is always ready to purchase the
market on weakness... Share buybacks result
in a lower volatility, lower liquidity, which
in turn incentivizes more share buybacks, further incentivizing passive and systematic strategies that are short volatility
in all their forms... Like a snake eating its own tail, the
market can not rely on share buybacks indefinitely to nourish the illusion of growth.
Similarly, I expect that
in the event of a general
bull market in stocks, the fund will not shine so brightly
in terms of relative performance., The math of investing would favour the fund, however, over several
bull and bear
market cycles
because, on a percentage basis, lost dollars are simply harder to replace than gained dollars are to lose.
«
In our view, investors should consider maintaining full equity exposure
because the final years of
bull markets historically have been strong.
This suggests that the
bull market in stocks is not over
because Initial Claims have not trended higher yet.
Conversely, momentum stocks delivered consistent and material excess return during
bull markets, but they underperformed
in recovery periods
because of large price trend reversals.
These early increases, analysts say, are unlikely to derail the current
bull market for stocks,
because the Fed would be raising rates
in response to a growing economy.
The
bulls argue that this premium is justified (or non-existent)
because interest rates are low, earnings will stay elevated
because US companies earn a greater share of income internationally, and the
market has peaked at higher Shiller PEs
in the past: 1929 peaked 33x, 2000 peaked at 44x, Japan got to 100x
in the 1990s, and China has traded at 100x this year.
That's why commodities are
in a
bull market — it's not just precious metals, but anything with value —
because US debt notes are losing their global currency.
The gold: silver ratio should fall over the next few years, which means that precious metals are going up (
because silver always goes up more than gold
in a
bull market).
The main argument of the post — one that has been made many times before — is that passive investing is fine during
bull markets, but it likely won't work going forward
because «we are
in a secular bear
market that began
in 2000.»
The main argument of the post — one that has been made many times before — is that passive investing is fine during
bull markets, but it likely won't work going forward
because «we are
in a secular bear
market that began -LSB-...]
Closing prices are the most important price
in the
market because they show the settlement between the
bulls and the bears, and
because the New York trading session is the second biggest behind London
in Forex trading volume, it's very important to see this closing settlement at the New York close instead of at some other more arbitrary time.
Detractors say preferreds are dumb
because prices don't grow much
in bull markets for real estate and yet, like bonds, preferreds will still lose value when interest rates rise or the issuer's credit standing deteriorates.
Because bear
market meltdowns are more frequent than raging
bull markets, the downside protection is a true value add
in terms of long - term compound return.
Traders are born during
bull runs: this is
because they assume that their success with stock trading during a
bull market is a result of their
market timing skills, rather than due to the perpetual upward movement of stock prices
in general.
Low - risk stocks do better than stocks as a whole
because their return is only slightly lower
in bull markets and is much better than average
in bear
markets.
During
bull markets, growth stocks are preferred and tend to outperform value stocks
because of environmental risk and the perceived low risk
in the
markets.
In our example case, the minimum reward is 10 %
because the
market has to make a new all time high (it's a
bull market).
Investors want to believe that the phony pumped - up prices we see
in bull markets are real
because they are counting on those phony pumped - up prices to finance their retirements.
This decision too often boils down to waiting way too long
because of the trauma the investor has just been through watching the
market drop so far, plus the fact that the news / mood is still universally gloomy
in the early stages of a new
bull market.
People invest more aggressively during
bull markets and more conservatively
in bears not
because their appetite for risk has grown or shrunk, contends Davey, but
because «their perception of risk has changed.»