The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2024

That's because every stock market correction, bear market, and crash throughout history (save for the 2022 bear market) has eventually been recouped by a bull market rally. If your investment horizon is longer than a few months, bank stocks have historically treated you well.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2024

Typically, persistent contraction of the PMI leads to downward revisions in corporate earnings -- and when businesses are generating weaker profits, stock valuations often decline. economy and stock market by perhaps the second-half of this year. erased by bull market rallies. Historically, that's bad news for the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Since this decade began, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , widely followed S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and growth-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have swung like a pendulum, alternating bear and bull markets. The other takeaway is what fewer available dollars for lending does to the stock market.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 15, 2024

Among Vanguard's 50 stock ETFs, the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI) and the Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: VUG) are two of the most popular, and for good reason. stock market, including large-, mid-, and small-cap companies. Image source: Getty Images.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This is because of their asset mix which is heavily weighted n private markets and their approach where they co-invest with top funds to lower fee drag. They have the right governance and use their long investment horizon, capital flows and leverage wisely to seek opportunities as they arise.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) was the dominant stock market theme of 2023. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) became the poster child for the technology, and its stock delivered a 239% return for the year, which led the S&P 500. But investing in individual AI stocks can be risky. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In simple terms, stocks tend to perform poorly during recessions -- and the LEI is signaling that an economic downturn is very likely. Bear markets can be a blessing for those with a long investment horizon Admittedly, most economists have been calling for a recession since 2023 began -- and they've, thus far, been wrong.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2023

But when examined over a period of months or perhaps a year or two, the stock market can truly be "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma," to quote the late Winston Churchill. Following the money over the long run is a surefire investment strategy Based on what following the money tells us, the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 17, 2023

This happens when your stocks are at rock bottom, the worst possible time to sell. Because I didn't understand the risks, I over-invested and lost thousands. 3: Don't catch the falling knife The stock market crashed. The market continued its slow, rolling tumble, taking my investments down, down, down.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 13, 2023

These are companies that own, operate, and often finance income-generating real estate, allowing individuals to invest in portfolios of properties the same way they might invest in the stock market. 10 stocks we like better than Walmart When our analyst team has an investing tip, it can pay to listen.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Lower Correlation Another advantage of alternative investments is their lower correlation with traditional asset classes, which means that their performance may not be closely tied to the ups and downs of the stock market or other conventional investments.

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 7, 2023

Lower Correlation Another advantage of alternative investments is their lower correlation with traditional asset classes, which means that their performance may not be closely tied to the ups and downs of the stock market or other conventional investments.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 17, 2024

David Gardner: Bill, I see you're starting to brandish the stock graph of your life. But before we do, I'm sure you're going to get into this a little bit more, but the law and then all of a sudden, the stock market. David Gardner: Story stock? Bill the stock graph of your life. I had been doing a little investing.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2023

But the point is, one of the big premises, I think, of the stock market rally and the enthusiasm we've had in the market so far, certainly, in the spring, is that the Fed was close to being done. In fact, they were close to being done, and the market was expecting rates to maybe come down before the end of the year.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

There’s probably more volatility on tap for stock markets, Graham said, adding he’s “cautiously optimistic” about what lies ahead for the fund this year as certain sectors in some parts of the world appear ready to soar. That beat the fund’s reference portfolio (an internal benchmark it sets for itself), which had a return of just 0.1

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

And the only reason I can think for why dividends became the key way of returning cash is I went back to the history of markets. Bond markets preceded stock markets. So when stock markets were first open, to attract investors to buy stocks, they had to be disguised as bonds. DAMODARAN: Yeah.

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