However, in
periods of market downturn, the principal that is inside of this annuity will remain safe.
During
periods of market downturn, for instance, investors tend to have a herd mentality of shying away even from investments that are fundamentally sound, driving down their prices.
Boomer women are also most focused on reducing their losses during
periods of market downturns, compared to Millennials and Gen Xers, given the need to preserve capital and generate income when they are closer to retirement age.
Not exact matches
Indeed, the
downturn in the US government - bond
market at the end
of 2016 and earlier this year benefited many fixed income arbitrage managers who were able to take advantage
of the price decline in US Treasuries during those
periods.
Sharp
downturns in the stock
market can occur outside
of recession
periods,
of course.
One
of the principal goals
of the strategy is to protect investors» capital during
periods of severe
market stress such as in the
downturns of 2000 and 2008....
Though some
of the reduction can be attributed to the impact
of having two major
market downturns during this
period, we also have seen that some plan sponsors have not been willing or able to contribute the actuarially determined required contributions that could help to bridge the funding gap.
We believe that traditional asset allocation and diversification fails to sufficiently protect wealth during
periods of severe
market downturns.
In the longer 5 - year
period, which spanned a major
market downturn, the Vanguard ETF exhibited a return / risk characteristic superior to that
of the iShares ETF.
A look at
downturns of 20 % or more in broad
market indexes which lasted over a two - month
period considered and entry into a bear
market.
Nonetheless, investors have flocked to gold in previous
periods of stock -
market turbulence — most notably in the wakes
of the turn -
of - the - century dot - com crash and the 2007 - 09 crash — and may provide similar protection in another ugly
downturn.
In
periods of extreme stress, even a well - diversified portfolio runs the risk
of participating in a deep, prolonged
downturn in the
markets.
During tough economic conditions such as housing
market downturn or
period of high unemployment, it may be necessary for home owners to look at various options to avoid foreclosure.
Just as emerging
market downturns tend to coincide with
periods of weakening EM currencies, bull
markets in emerging
markets are inclined to feature corresponding appreciation in EM currencies.
As you know, that covers several
periods of severe
downturns, including the stock
market crisis
of 2008 and the more recent
market turmoil.
The
period covers a good part
of the bull
market, as well as the 1987 crash, and the sharp
downturn in 1990.
Although figures can vary, a
downturn of 15 % -20 % in a key index (Dow Jones Industrial or S&P 500 ®, for example) from a recent peak over at least a two - month
period is considered an entry into a bear
market.
Even in economic
downturns, recessions, bear
markets,
periods of war, etc., these high - quality companies have the ability to continue paying increasing dividends.
In general,
market fluctuations have limited effect on the value
of your benefit, although in
periods of prolonged economic
downturn, your defined benefits could be affected.
In most situations, that doesn't really help you much, because in the event
of a big
market downturn, the odds are very strong that
markets will eventually recover on their own while you're waiting for the guarantee
period to elapse.
Even in
periods of downturn people are always changing jobs and looking for new opportunities and this means that the recruitment
market remains fairly buoyant.
I had a dominant personal
market share
of 24 % that I had built over a ten year
period, and I maintained it even in a massive
market downturn, partly due to the use
of this sort
of marketing «work - around.»
However, despite a protracted
period of subdued economic
downturn, the local residential
market remains remarkably resilient — in part because investors, faced with unusually high levels
of financial
market volatility, are increasingly opting for the stability offered by «real» assets like property.