Sentences with phrase «last bear market»

Apple's last bear market ran from fall 2012 to spring 2013.

A Vanguard study found that from November 2007 to February 2009, during the last bear market, a «fund - of - funds» index that tracked hedge fund performance fell 18 %, while an unhedged portfolio split 60 % / 40 % between stocks and bonds fell 25 %, and the S&P 500 fell more than 40 %.

Endowed with abundant natural gas supplies, Gulf states have proven no match for innovative U.S. producers, which have managed to lower their break - even point significantly since the last bear market.

I will talk about the last bear market and how asset allocation kept me relatively sane.

That's more than eight times as many cash rich companies as when the last bear market bottomed in 2002.

It has been almost six years since the last bear market, so it might be time for advisors to start preparing their clients for the inevitable downturn.

The idea that we have seen the last bear market in equities ever does seem extremely far fetched, though few in the mainstream media want to admit that the US is facing huge debt burdens that will probably only grow as time goes on.

As of writing this in early 2017, the last bear market was technically in 2008 when the market dropped 56 %.

For example, if you would have had 100 % of your non TSP investments in the Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund (VWELX) before the last bear market started in 2008 your investment would have only decreased approximately 9 % compared to a more than 50 % drop in the DOW & S&P indexes and you would have recovered all of your losses in less than a year!

It should, however, hold up far better during a market rout — though this was not the case during the last bear market.

Sure, we were in the middle of a fierce bear market — but I pointed out that of the 24 stocks David and Tom recommended to their Stock Advisor subscribers during the last bear market:

It has been almost six years since the last bear market, so it might be time for advisors to start preparing their clients for the inevitable downturn.

Portfolio Strategies A Look Back at History: Lessons From the Financial Crisis Three columns that provide a flashback to the last bear market and contain lessons that are still very valid today.

Three columns that provide a flashback to the last bear market and contain lessons that are still very valid today.

The clamor for beating the market becomes especially pronounced during a long bull market after memories of the last bear market start to fade.

See my last post, Partying Like It's 2007 (Part 1) for more on how asset allocation effected our losses in the last bear market.

I will talk about the last bear market and how asset allocation kept me relatively sane.

The last bear market was partially brought on by the financial crisis.

Permabears love anything that resembles 2007 (the start of the last bear market).

One of my lessons from the last bear market was to build up a cash cushion, especially when the opportunity costs of cash is low (i.e. when stocks are not expected to return much more than cash).

But I'll save you from reading»em — instead, just ask yourself whether stock picking saved your ass in the last bear market?!

Remember, the last bear market was 2007 - 2009.

Most of the stocks I purchased during the last bear market are currently trading near all - time high.

Over the longer term, however, performance was significantly better because their lack of financial companies and highly leveraged firms served them well during the last bear market.

But of course with them you can only «lose less money» in long - lasting bear markets.

One note on fund performance figures: Stocks have been on a tear since the last bear market ended in March 2009, resulting in outsized gains during the past five years.

This week I've examined the course of bear markets from 1871 to date (really to March 2009, the end of the last bear market).

Take the S&P Passive versus Active (SPIVA) report card on mutual fund returns during the last bear market from August 2000 to December 2002.

Many investors made huge mistakes during the last bear market, selling out of fear and then staying on the sidelines as the market eventually bounced back.

The losses of the last bear market were so severe, they continue to impact the five - year annualized rates of returns for stock funds.

There is also «bear market risk» — how much did the fund fall in the last bear market compared to its peers, its benchmark, and other funds you may be considering to replace it?

I have been wondering about them myself, and decided to investigate how they have fared recently and in the last bear market.