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Here’s Where the Next Crisis Starts – You Think The Stock Market Is Safe!? You Better Think Again!
The case for a pending financial collapse is well grounded. Financial crises occur on a regular basis including 1987, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2007-08. That averages out to about once every five years for the past thirty years. There has not been a financial crisis for ten years so the world is overdue. It’s also the…
Read MoreMore than half of S&P 500 stocks are now in a bear market
Even after the recent pain in the stock market, the S&P 500 Index is down only 3% in 2018 (excluding dividends). That’s not so bad when you consider the benchmark index rose 19% in 2017. Still, more than half of the stocks in the index are in bear-market territory, showing how broad the decline has been. A…
Read MoreYour financial adviser’s ‘sleep easy’ portfolio may be a lot riskier than you think
A ‘balanced’ portfolio of stocks and bonds failed previous generations of U.S. savers, and badly, during at least two extended periods during the past century alone.
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