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There’s No Need To Fear A Bear Market

Andy Rachleff — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:26:35 +0000

2019 was kind to investors, but 2020 has come with its ups and downs. After a record-setting start to the year, the tides turned quickly as news of the coronavirus COVID-19 made headlines. During a three-week window from February 19 to March 11, the Dow and S&P 500 tumbled into bear market territory. On March […]

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Stock Market Corrections: Not As Scary As You Think

Celine Sun, PhD and Andy Rachleff — Fri, 11 May 2018 19:39:57 +0000

For individual investors, 2017 was a dream. However, 2018 has been a different story. After a record setting start to the year, the tides turned quickly on the unprecedented market run. During a short 13 day window from late January and early February the Dow and S&P 500 tumbled into official correction territory, marking the […]

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There’s No Need to Fear Stock Market Corrections

Andy Rachleff & Duncan Gilchrist, PhD — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:23:58 +0000

Individual investors react very poorly to stock market corrections. Many individual investors sell when the market declines out of fear it will never come back. The data, which we will present in this post, actually says the opposite. Not only will the market come back, but it will do so a lot sooner than you […]

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