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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US stocks are squarely in the bear market with the S&P 500 down over 20% so far this year. There is no place to hide and take shelter as most sectors are down. One of the few sectors that has performed well is the energy sector. Energy stocks are up by 29.2% YTD. Crude has …
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Biotech stocks have not performed well for many months now. The sector soared in 2020 and peaked in early 2021. Despite high hopes for the industry due to vaccine development and impacts of Covid-19, stocks in the industry plunged or languished with no end in sight. The current bear market adds more pain to biotech …
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The Australian equity market has returned an average of 13.2% per year from 1900 to 2021 according to the updated chart from MarketIndex. This return denotes total return – that is with dividends reinvested. Another fact to be pointed out is in the past 122 years, positive return years outperformed the number of years when …