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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. Focus on risk.

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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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Anchoring Expectations

Brown Advisory

We work with clients to create—either in writing or verbally—a “mission statement” detailing how they want their assets to serve their well-being in coming decades. This includes articulating a policy with regard to investment risk tolerance, long-term goals, cash flow needs and sector diversification.

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Empower (formerly Personal Capital) Review – Managing All Your Investments in One Place

Good Financial Cents

You can also get information on your performance and asset allocation. Like other similar products, they first determine your risk tolerance, personal preferences, and investment goals. This will help you to create an asset allocation that will get you where you need to go with your investments.

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Transcript: Sean Dobson, Amherst Holdings

The Big Picture

And what we figured out in 2009, really when we started buying homes is that we made the bet that it, I mean, it wasn’t a very exotic bet, but we made the bet that the subprime mortgage market wasn’t coming back at all. And so, so starting in 2009, we, we, there was no flip market. So it’s very long dated capital.

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Constructive, Not Complacent | Weekly Market Commentary | July 5, 2022

James Hendries

But our belief is that this economic and profit environment is better than in the early 1990s, early 2000s, or 2008-2009 and therefore supports higher valuations. We continue to recommend an overweight allocation to equities and underweight to fixed income relative to investors’ targets, as appropriate.