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Five Things to do During a Stock Market Correction

The Chicago Financial Planner

Ideally you’ve been rebalancing your portfolio along the way and your asset allocation is largely in line with your plan and your risk tolerance. For example during the 2008-2009 market debacle I looked at funds to see how they did in both the down market of 2008 and the up market of 2009.

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Market remarkably resilient given banking sector challenges

Nationwide Financial

Fund managers remain historically conservative per Bank of America’s Global Fund Manager Survey showing asset allocators long cash and short equities. Cash levels rose in March at the fastest pace since last September and remain above average and allocation to equities remains significantly lower than in history.

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Reasons to Include International Investments in Your Portfolio

Darrow Wealth Management

Between 2000 – 2009, the cumulative total return for the S&P 500 was negative 9.1% Since trying to time regime changes is very difficult in real time without the benefit of hindsight, there are reasons to consider allocating both U.S. equities to an asset allocation. These bouts can be significant. vs positive 30.7%

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Maybe Market Outperformance Doesn't Matter

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Sure, I'm $200,000 short of my goal but you know what, I beat the market five years in a row from 2009-2013." When you get close to retirement, you know what will matter? What will matter is whether you have enough to retire to the lifestyle you want plus maybe having some sort of margin for error in your accumulated savings.

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Weekend Reading Magazine Covers and Market Caps

Discipline Funds

I recall one particularly glaring moment during 2009 when AIG became mostly owned by the US government and failed to meet S&P liquidity requirements, but they just ignored it. It forced me to think in a multi-temporal sense which has completely changed how I think about asset allocation.

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My Favorite Charts

The Irrelevant Investor

In February 2009, it fell to a low of 12.4, I would have thought that financials have had the best returns since March 2009, and was surprised to see that consumer discretionary has done better, returning 617% (oh my god 617%) compared with 548% for financials. investors who allocate to emerging markets. This is a scary chart.

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Market volatility: Reminder to prepare for downturns

SEI

We are currently experiencing one of the most volatile times in decades, on top of the start of the pandemic and the 2008-2009 recession. That’s why, when facing market volatility, stewards of long-term assets held at all types of nonprofit institutions recognize the importance of a well-thought-out investment process. .