We looked at the case for staying invested in foreign stocks in an earlier post. In this post, let’s review a chart showing the importance of staying invested in US stocks as represented by the S&P 500. From 1992, though the index has had many years of big intra-year declines, the S&P 500 had positive …
I have written many times in the past on the importance for staying invested for the long haul. Having patience and staying focused on the long-term goals is especially difficult during adverse market conditions such as the bear market we are currently in. Simply quitting the market by selling everything and staying on the sidelines …
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Novel Investor has updated the sector returns chart for the S&P 500 for the first half of year 2022. This chart shows the annual returns of the various sectors of the S&P 500 together with the current year data. With bear market raging across the equity market, the best performing sector this year has been …
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The US equity market is in the midst of the one of the worst bear markets in decades. Though there are occasional rises in the market for a day or two, the S&P 500 is down over 18% YTD. Energy stocks are the winners so far this year. Utilities are holding up well with a …
In bear markets there are very few places that investors can hide. Traditionally a few sectors such as utilities, healthcare and food offer shelter from the market storm. These sectors are somewhat immune to factors such as inflation and are necessities that consumers will need even during market downturns. For example, while consumers may cut …
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