The epic 20 -
year bull market in stocks from 1980 to 2000 reinforced the buy - and - hold viewpoint.
The reality is that we've seen a very unusual 10 +
year bull market in stocks and a 30 + year bull in bonds.
But if you're a passive investor, it's important to understand this performance simply reflects that we've enjoyed a five -
year bull market in stocks — not to mention five years of bond returns that were higher than most people expected.
Not exact matches
After a nine -
year bull run
in stock markets, many analysts consider British and European companies to be close to peak values, ramping up the risk of over-priced purchases.
The findings correlate with an uneven
year for business
in 2015, due to
stock market volatility
in the third quarter, which ended a long
bull run
in the wake of weakening global economies and a devaluing of China's currency.
Nine
years into the U.S.
bull market in stocks, we are still optimistic for the
year ahead.
After a five -
year bear
market in most metal commodities, miners finally had a
bull run
in 2016, with some
stocks» prices more than doubling off their lows.
With an aging
bull market in the U.S. nearing the end of its seventh
year at press time, it's difficult to find safety
in cheap
stocks; even formerly stodgy dividend payers now trade at dangerously expensive valuations.
Furthermore, Boris Schlossberg, managing director at BK Asset Management, said Tuesday on «Trading Nation» that while neither
stock is a buy right now, «the bullish case for both is if you're truly a big believer
in a massive
bull move this
year in the
market, and that the tax cut is going to increase spending on travel.»
In general, so - called value stocks — often defined as those trading at earnings multiples below the market average or their own historical norms — have tricked a lot of investors in the most recent phase of the current bull market, which has worn on nearly seven and a half year
In general, so - called value
stocks — often defined as those trading at earnings multiples below the
market average or their own historical norms — have tricked a lot of investors
in the most recent phase of the current bull market, which has worn on nearly seven and a half year
in the most recent phase of the current
bull market, which has worn on nearly seven and a half
years.
Although value
stocks typically hold up better
in times of volatility, this
bull market has been exceptionally smooth — up until the last
year, that is — and favored high - growth momentum
stocks, which tend to have more expensive valuations.
«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.
For example, the largest U.S. pension, California Public Employees» Retirement System, is considering more than doubling its bond allocation to reduce risk and volatility as the
bull market in stocks approaches nine
years.
The recession is only a distant memory now as the 6 -
year - and - counting
bull market has pushed
stock markets in the United States and Europe to all - time highs.
The last instance was at the start of a dramatic
bull market for
stocks — 1982 — when 16
years of brutal consolidation were finally shaken off and the 1966 top was left
in the dust.
World growth will remain low on average but negative
in the UK and Europe; price inflation will remain sufficiently subdued for a while longer so as to impose no constraint on monetary expansion; central banks will sustain a regime of negative real interest rates and rapid monetary expansion; the risk of a eurozone collapse is off the table for now; finally,
stock markets should continue to perform better than expected, even though the four -
year old cyclical
bull market is long by historical standards.
This way, if a bear
market occurs, you have a
year of cash becoming available at the maturity date so that you do not have to sell
stocks, and
in a
bull market you can buy new bonds as the ones you own mature, and you thereby benefit from the higher interest rates that high quality bonds give versus cash or CDs.
But considering some of the
market's wild ups and downs of late and that this
bull market is
in its ninth
year, it's only prudent to make sure your savings are invested
in a way you'd be comfortable with should
stocks go into a major slump.
With the Nasdaq crossing the 5,000 threshold for the first time since the dot - com boom and the broader equity
bull market entering its seventh
year, many investors are once again anxious that
stocks are
in a bubble.
Despite the historic
bull market in stocks, I've done much better
in real estate
in the last 5
years due to leverage.
Reading Time: 4 minutes The U.S.
stock market is
in a 9
year bull market which makes many investors skeptical of the continued likelihood of
market out performance.
If you want to ensure you get the big returns from
stocks that investment writers highlight when urging you to invest
in equities, you need to buy during bear
markets to make up for the lousy returns from those
years when you buy at what proves to be the top of a
bull market.
I believe we're
in the «legitimate uptrend» portion of a
bull market in stocks — the time when the big gains are made... All the ingredients are
in place for an incredible
year in stocks...
Last
year was a colourful stretch
in the
bull market — but it wasn't very rewarding for Canadian
stocks
Consequently,
in the unlikely event that the current
bull market in US equities continues for one more
year and gold - mining
stocks trend upward during that
year, the gold - mining sector will then be vulnerable to the downward pull of a general equity decline.
We are now 6
years into this
bull market in U.S.
stocks.
Considering that the
stock market has already been rallying for five
years since the lows of 2009, it is very possible the
bull market has already run its course (every
stock market runs
in cycles).
Investment Analyst Gary Tanashian has identified a 5 -
year cyclical
bull market in US
stocks.
Even after a raging seven -
year bull market in U.S.
stocks, investors are skittish.
Considering that US
stocks have been
in a 5 -
year bull market, it would be unreasonable to expect such bullish momentum to change overnight.
Even after a seven -
year bull market in U.S.
stocks, investors are still skittish.
This led to a decade of restructuring
in US industry, and to an eighteen
year bull market in bonds and
stocks which triggered a huge wave of investing
in the 1990's.
The firm's global chief investment officer sees one last window
in the nine -
year - old
bull market for
stocks to post major gains.
Indeed, the
stock market was still lower three
years later
in August 1982, when
stocks finally entered a sustained
bull market advance.
Bullish
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Stock Market Outlook for 2018 The country is in a deep freeze, but the stock market is sizzling hot as the bull market looks to reach nine years in
Market Outlook for 2018 The country is
in a deep freeze, but the
stock market is sizzling hot as the bull market looks to reach nine years in M
stock market is sizzling hot as the bull market looks to reach nine years in
market is sizzling hot as the
bull market looks to reach nine years in
market looks to reach nine
years in March.
Investors remain fearful that signs of rising inflation and higher interest rates could stifle the
bull market that has pushed
stocks to record high after record high
in recent
years.
Generally speaking,
stocks have been
in a staircase - like uptrend for most of the more than 9 -
year bull rally, so this general theory suggests that moving averages may be particularly powerful tools
in the current
market environment — if the
market is indeed trending.
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Market correction is overdue Another risk factor for proppant suppliers like U.S. Silica is that the
stock market is now in the sixth year of a fantastic bull market, and perhaps overdue for a correction (10 % - plus decline from recent h
market is now
in the sixth
year of a fantastic
bull market, and perhaps overdue for a correction (10 % - plus decline from recent h
market, and perhaps overdue for a correction (10 % - plus decline from recent highs).
Despite lots of talk about the
bull market nearing its end and signals pointing to a correction
in the near - term,
stocks were up strongly
in 2017 and have continued those gains this
year.
The extent of the initial plunge raised new fears that some investors who tend to track past price movements of
stock indexes would conclude that the nine -
year - old
bull market has run its course, making the recovery later
in the day somewhat important from that perspective.
But Indian
stocks have been outperforming this
year and,
in the broad emerging -
market bull market that I expect, Indian
stocks are worthy of consideration as a part of a broad emerging -
market portfolio.
When
stock markets are
in a
bull run earning 12 per cent or more a
year, it's easier for financial advisers to convince clients to cash out their pension plans.
Three of the last four times small - caps outperformed by this much, the economy grew faster the next
year and
stocks stayed
in a
bull market for another
year or more, based on data from the past 34
years.
The
market's valuation
in 2000 was so extreme that the resulting secular bear has the potential to be more extended than others, unless the
market was suddenly to collapse to valuations near those where historical secular
bulls have started (where
stocks have typically been priced to achieve 10 -
year prospective returns near 20 % annually).
But considering some of the
market's wild ups and downs of late and that this
bull market is
in its ninth
year, it's only prudent to make sure your savings are invested
in a way you'd be comfortable with should
stocks go into a major slump.
But not long after Browne introduced the Permanent Portfolio,
stocks began a charging
bull market that would last for some 18
years, until the dot - com bubble burst
in 2000.
Next
year is expected to look more like this
year, with gyrating
stock prices on track to end close to where they started, than the
bull market's euphoric earlier
years like 2013 and its 32 per cent surge
in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
After an 8 1/2 -
year bull market you may have more
in stocks than you realize — or than you're comfortable with.
Despite some short - term hiccups
in this six -
year - long
bull market,
stocks have enjoyed a relatively stable upward ride,
in what one could easily characterize as a one directional trade.
The U.S.
stock market will surge
in the last 1 - 2
years of this
bull market.