Investors Dodge A Bullet As Stocks Enter The Late-Cycle

Investors Dodge A Bullet As Stocks Enter The Late-Cycle by Stephen Aust, MarketCycle Wealth Management

The gigantic market collapses of 2000 and 2008 were depressionary bear markets.  Whenever the overall stock market drops more than 50% it is technically considered a depression and not a normal recession.  [NOTE:  Since this month’s blog is long, the “print function” can be found near the bottom of this page.  Important client information is found throughout.]

After the “Great Depression” of 1929 the stock market remained volatile for several years yet it eventually did begin to calm down.  The stock market then went on to experience two decades of strong and profitable gains.  The “Great Recession of 2008” should actually have been named the “2nd Great Depression.”  It is...