The Irrelevant Investor

MAY 5, 2022

Bad things happen in bad markets. You're probably thinking, "thanks captain obvious." I know, but it's worth spending a minute on how and why this happens. The investor's mentality over the past decade can be summed up in three words: buy the dip. This behavior was rewarded innumerable times, so this was ingrained in our psychology. Buy dip, make money.

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Bell Investment Advisors

MAY 5, 2022

Forrest Bell, CFP®. April saw a continuation of this year’s volatility. Last month, we wrote about the dramatic mid-March rally in stocks. That recovery, however, proved short-lived and did not continue into April. Shortly after the month began, the global stock market trended downward, and U.S. markets followed. Later in the month, after several days of positive or negative swings of over 2%, U.S. and global stocks had declined between 8% and 9%, pushing those stock markets back into correction

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Leading Advisor

MAY 5, 2022

A financial advisor association called me the last week of April and asked if I could do a May 2022 presentation on; How To Thrive… The post How To Thrive In A Recession appeared first on Leading Advisor - Simon Reilly.

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The Better Letter

MAY 5, 2022

An extremely robust “Totally Worth It” section put this issue of TBL close to the maximum length (really, bandwidth via Substack) before anything else went in. So, the rest of the issue is shorter than usual. I have a much more involved main piece in the works for next week. I trust you will appreciate both. If you like The Better Letter, please subscribe, share it, and forward it widely.

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