Now a comparison of markets off the SP500 lows:
Where now equity cow?
Where now equity cow?
Here are 2 charts that tell us a bit about past SP500 history. First a comparison in decades going back to the 1940's :
Now a comparison of markets off the SP500 lows:
Now a comparison of markets off the SP500 lows:
Re: Where now equity cow?
We know that equity markets can be flat for stretches of 15-20 years. We are in year 14 of a flat to slightly down market. How much longer will this continue?
History suggests that strong bull markets follow these long secular bear markets. Most of us experienced the 1982-2000 bull market. What we forget was a flat period from about 1968-1982. Before that was the nifty fifty and all of that.
Hard to say if we are experiencing a new bull market are a bull phase in a long secular bear. This flat market may continue for a while. In any case, our patience will eventually be richly rewarded. I hope the reward comes sooner rather than later.
History suggests that strong bull markets follow these long secular bear markets. Most of us experienced the 1982-2000 bull market. What we forget was a flat period from about 1968-1982. Before that was the nifty fifty and all of that.
Hard to say if we are experiencing a new bull market are a bull phase in a long secular bear. This flat market may continue for a while. In any case, our patience will eventually be richly rewarded. I hope the reward comes sooner rather than later.
A fool and his money are good for business.
Re: Where now equity cow?
I hope later than sooner..but that's coming from a young person with only a little in the market. Then again maybe I've got the math wrong on that...nedsaid wrote:I hope the reward comes sooner rather than later.
Re: Where now equity cow?
The equity cow says that stocks ar moooooving higher!
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I hope 1980s, fear 1970s but without the inflation.
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Interesting graphs, thanks for posting that.
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A 5% return this decade would give that graph some really tidy symmetry. Reversion to mean on a cosmic scale?BlueEars wrote:Here are 2 charts that tell us a bit about past SP500 history. First a comparison in decades going back to the 1940's :
Great chart BTW, thanks.
A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. -Aldo Leopold's Golden Rule of Ecology
Re: Where now equity cow?
Excellent data presentation. As Forrest Gump might say, it looks like a box of chocolates.
Also confirms what William Coaker.CFP says:
Also confirms what William Coaker.CFP says:
PaulInvestment professionals often tell clients, “I think the S&P 500 will be up 10 percent next year,” and clients like to hear that. But it almost never happens. From 1926 to 2004, the S&P 500 rose between 8 percent and 14 percent in only six years, an 8 percent occurrence. In fact, just 25 times in 79 years the S&P 500 returned between 0 percent and 20 percent, which is only 32 percent of the time. That means the index has been more than twice as likely to lose money or gain more than 20 percent than to experience returns between 0 percent and 20 percent.
When times are good, investors tend to forget about risk and focus on opportunity. When times are bad, investors tend to forget about opportunity and focus on risk.