Navigate Bear Markets

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Navigate Bear Markets with Professional Advice  If you’re like most investors, emotions tend to creep into your investing decisions.  When markets are strong and your investments are rising in value, you may become overconfident and less careful, investing money in the next “sure thing” without thoroughly researching the potential risks involved. On the other hand, […]

Staying the Course in a Bear Market

Market volatility and major downturns may cause investors to rethink their investment approach, including moving to cash. Historically, a better approach has been to follow the lessons of the most successful investors: staying the course during a downturn – even adding to positions when the situation seems to be at its very worst – and […]

What Are My Options When the Market is Down?

Severe market declines are unnerving, and understandably cause many investors to reevaluate their options.  Stay put? Cut and run? Add more to my portfolio to benefit from a rebound? While no single solution is right for every investor, the historical data can provide some insight into which options have the most attractive potential outcomes.  Case […]

The Bulls Outweigh the Bears

No one enjoys a bear market – usually defined as a market decline of 20% or more over two months. But looking back through the history of both the Canadian and U.S. stock markets, it’s clear that on average, bull markets – an increase of 50% or more in the value of the stock market […]