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Historical Perspective on Market Volatility

I am being inundated with new headlines about market declines and volatility. The last time I wrote about this topic was in 2016. Since that time, the S&P has increased by almost 50% even factoring in the bear market losses we have seen this year.  During the last six years, we have experienced declines of greater than 10% four times (in December 2018, March 2020, February 2022 & June 2022). Each time we experience a market downturn, it feels unprecedented. However, historically, market downturns have happened with surprising frequency. Not […]

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