The ideal scenario is that we become FI at
the start of a long bull market.
Not exact matches
Now another kind
of risk is
starting to get attention as concerns mount that the second
longest - running
bull market in history may soon end.
Anyone who's been trading for a
long time and says they've never lost money is either lying or I'd say they happened to maybe
start right in the beginning
of the
bull market and haven't experienced the both directions
of the
market.
1) The
start of the 11 - quarter
bull market 2) The RSI indicator moves to its highest levels in 3 years 3) Gold is 2 quarters into a
long - term
bull market
We can further confirm the conclusion
of «stocks over bonds» for investing in most inflation periods by looking at the real returns
of long - term treasury bonds versus the total U.S. stock
market starting at the unprecedented and
long - lived bond
bull market starting in 1982.
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.
I have never seen a
bull market, especially a
long - enduring one such as the bond
bull market that
started back in 1981, that failed to end in total euphoria and universal acceptance
of the prevailing trend.
The average length
of the last 13
bull markets was about 1,500 days, making the current phase two - times
longer than average.2 However, the
market has a
long way to go to extend past the
longest bull market on record that
started in 1987 and ended in 2000, lasting nearly 4,500 days.
In other words, after the
longest bull market in history followed by one
of the worst decades for investment returns on record, we're in roughly the same position we
started in.
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.
Bonds
started a
long period
of rising prices (a
bull market) since 1981.
We're believers that this is the
start of a
long - term
bull market, but that doesn't mean there won't be hiccups and black swan events along the way.
Looking at past occurrences
of a MACD crossover on a monthly chart... Bear
Markets have started... Look at this monthly chart with a MACD over lay... Let me know your thoughts... we are only in the 6 + year of one of the longest bull mar
Markets have
started... Look at this monthly chart with a MACD over lay... Let me know your thoughts... we are only in the 6 + year
of one
of the
longest bull marketsmarkets...
The clamor for beating the
market becomes especially pronounced during a
long bull market after memories
of the last bear
market start to fade.
We can further confirm the conclusion
of «stocks over bonds» for investing in most inflation periods by looking at the real returns
of long - term treasury bonds versus the total U.S. stock
market starting at the unprecedented and
long - lived bond
bull market starting in 1982.
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.
Bill Clinton followed this anthem into the White House 20 - plus years ago, at the
start of an era that brought us commercialization
of the World Wide Web, rapid productivity growth, and a historic
bull market.1 The song also seems fitting as we kick off another new year, contemplate another Clinton presidential campaign, and develop our capital
market return expectations following another
long bull market.