One risk that your readers have, given the disappointments they have suffered over the past five years, is that they may mistake normal bull market consolidation as having been a
false start of a bull market and mistakenly get themselves shaken out of owning a stock.
January's preliminary figure is down from $ 702.7 billion at the end of September, but up from $ 632.4 billion at the end of March, when
the start of a bull market began sending stock prices higher.
Since
the start of the bull market, valuations have been held down by fears of a double dip in the US, a hard landing in China, and a meltdown in Europe.
United Rentals and streaming giant Netflix are the second and third best - performing S&P 500 components since
the start of the bull market, surging more than 5,500 percent each.
This is why we don't date
the start of bull markets until those new highs get reached.
This is why it is important to properly date
the start of a bull market.
The S&P 500 ® Index almost tripled in value from
the start of the bull market in March 2009 through early October 2015.
People who have been following the gold and silver markets since
the start of the bull market in 2001 know that both precious metals have had incredible price increases.
Selling Pressure not only dropped [last week], but reaffirmed its long - term downtrend by recording its lowest reading since
the start of the bull market in 2009.
Since
the start of this bull market in March 2009, one of the longest in history, a 60/40 split of U.S. stocks and bonds would have been hard to beat.
A study earlier this decade by SEI, the asset manager, found investors paid a heavy price if they missed
the start of the bull market by staying in cash too long.
Since
the start of this bull market in March 2009, one of the longest in history, a 60/40 split of U.S. stocks and bonds would have been hard to beat.
On the other hand, those who happen to retire at
the start of a bull market can have an easy time of things while savers suffer.
Since then, all peaks and valleys in the ratio correctly forecasted the short - term market swings (except for June 2003 when investors» sentiment shifted radically following
the start of the bull market).
As most of the investing world celebrates
the start of this bull market's 10th year this weekend — and as you likely see charts showing its length surpassed only by the long 1990s bull market — you'll know the rest of the story.