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From Hard Landing to Soft Landing to No Landing?

Investing Caffeine

As you can see from the chart belo w , sales of existing homes have plummeted at the fastest rate since the beginning of the 2008 Financial Crisis. We certainly could face the potential of turbulence and changing weather conditions, but that is always the case when you invest in the financial markets. Prosper.

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Recession Storm Fears Reign Supreme as Stocks Gain Steam

Investing Caffeine

Over the last 25 years, we have arguably experienced three 100-year floods (2000 Tech Bubble, 2008 Financial Crisis, and 2020 COVID pandemic), so investors have been bracing for another enormous financial hurricane. Slome, CFA, CFP ® Plan. www.Sidoxia.com Wade W.

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New Year, New Clean Slate

Investing Caffeine

The bad news is last year turned out to be the 4th worst year in the stock market since World War II (1945) and also marked the worst year since 2008. Here’s a summary of the S&P 500’s worst years over the last eight decades: 2008: -38.5% Slome, CFA, CFP ®. 2022: -19.4%. Source: CNBC (Bob Pisani). www.Sidoxia.com.

Economy 59
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A Winding Road

Bell Investment Advisors

Forrest Bell, CFP®. Investor optimism carried the global stock market higher during the beginning of September. You have to go back to the peak pessimism during the COVID-19 market panic or to the global financial crisis of 2008 to find a time when they touched this ratio for even a brief period of time.

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No Pain, No Gain

Investing Caffeine

Market corrections are never comfortable, but successful, long-term investing comes with a price…no pain, no gain! Slome, CFA, CFP®. For long-term stock investors who have reaped the massive +520% rewards from the March 2009 lows, they understand this gargantuan climb was not earned without some rocky times along the way.

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The Great Rotation

Investing Caffeine

For most of the 1990s, Growth was dominant, and ever since the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis, Growth stocks have once again overshadowed Value stocks a majority of the time (2022 being a short-lived reprieve for Value stocks). Slome, CFA, CFP® Plan. www.Sidoxia.com Wade W.

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Is Inflation Haunting Your Dreams?

Yardley Wealth Management

Garry, Esquire, CFP©, MBA Founder & CEO. Superlatives like “best” and “worst” grab the most attention, so outlets have been abuzz with reports of how a 5% May consumer pricing surge was “the biggest 12-month inflation spike since 2008.” . The post Is Inflation Haunting Your Dreams? Is Inflation Haunting Your Dreams? What We Know.