We are in the seventh
year of a strong bull market, and stock valuations have generally become extended as measured by the S&P 500.
It seems to me that I am stating the obvious when I point out that the seventh
year of a strong bull market is not the best time to buy any stocks.
His position is that since we are in the seventh
year of a strong bull market, no stock should be bought.
Look back at the history of the stock market and you will see that the seventh
year of a strong bull market was never the best time to buy any stocks.»
Not exact matches
Within a
bull market, a shallow correction
of just 5 - 6 % that holds near that level would be a bullish sign that could lead to a
strong Q3 and Q4
of this
year.
After a period
of market advance and retreat between 1979 and 1982, August 13
of the latter
year «marked the first day
of what would turn out to be one
of the longest and
strongest bull markets in U.S. history.»
«In our view, investors should consider maintaining full equity exposure because the final
years of bull markets historically have been
strong.
Even amidst one
of the longest and
strongest bull markets in history, pension plans still haven't recovered, and if pension plans fail to hit their 8 percent investment targets every
year, they will need taxpayers to continue bailing them out.
Moreover, after the stock
market bottomed in February 2009 as a result
of the Great Recession, stock
market investors have enjoyed a
strong bull market that is now almost halfway into its 8th
year running.
The reason that the 1972 sequence recovered from a
Year 10 balance
of $ 39396 is testimony to the longest and
strongest bull market ever.