A recent Vanguard blog discusses the challenges faced when trying to predict a market downturn. “While all bear markets involve a loss of investor confidence,” it says, “an assortment of…
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Tools You'll Need for the Next Bear Market
By John Reese (@guruinvestor) — Hoping for the best but preparing for the worst is a good rule-of-thumb, a maxim that can help us stay measured and mindful when it…
Ken Fisher on Bull Market Dips Versus True Bear Markets
In a recent USA Today article, famed investor Ken Fisher offered advice on how to discern between a bear market and a bull market “blip”: Referring to the market dip…
Shiller Tracks Past Bear Markets
In a recent article for MarketWatch, Yale professor and Nobel Laureate Robert Shiller shares insights on past bear markets in the U.S. and how the current market environment resembles the…
Jason Zweig Says Active Managers Also Underperform in Down Markets
Although the data continues to show that stock pickers have underperformed the market, writes Jason Zweig in a recent Wall Street Journal article, “active managers insist that they will make…
A Market Correction May Be Good Medicine
Although stock prices have tripled during the eight-year bull market, there have been only four corrections, and some investors think a period of decline might not be so bad. This…
Morningstar on Preparing for Bear Markets
There are no hard-and-fast rules for determining whether value or growth stocks will suffer the most during a bear market, writes Morningstar senior analyst and CFA Kevin McDevitt. “No two…
Zweig: Buy in a Market Bust like John Maynard Keynes
Anyone who has studied economics will be more than familiar with the name John Maynard Keynes. In last week’s Wall Street Journal, Jason Zweig reports that new research is offering…
Glassman: Worrying About the Next Recession Won’t Help
The tenacity of the current bull market begs the obvious question as to when it will end and, as we approach the election, uncertainly is heightened by recent lackluster GDP…