S&P 500 Price Return vs. Total Return: Charts

Many investors focus on the price return of the S&P 500 index when they consider their investment return Instead investors ought to pay attention to the total return which includes dividends reinvested. The total return of the index can especially be much higher the price return when looking at many years. This is because of …

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Market Leadership Often Changes After A Bear Market

I came across a fascinating article on lessons learned from experienced investors on braving bear markets at Capital Group. This is indeed a timely article since we are in the grips of a brutal bear. Though market may have shot up yesterday and today, the bear market is not over until it is actually over. …

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Why Investors Should Stay Invested During Bear Markets

The US equity market is in a bear market this year. The S&P 500 is down about 19% year-to-date. After a few months of relentless declines, stocks saw a brief run up during the summer. That brief bull run seems to have ended and equities are heading in the downward direction again. The Federal Reserve …

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Bear Markets Are Great Time To Invest For the Long-Term

Equity markets go thru bull and bear markets every few years or so. While bull markets are great and makes every investor a genius, bear markets offer excellent opportunities to build wealth for long-term investors. This is because unlike in bull markets, stocks are cheaper and investors can pick up more of them for the …

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