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  • How to Recover From the Bear Market

    As the stock market struggles to hold onto March's gains, many investors are now thinking about getting back into the market. While it's not yet clear whether we've seen the worst of this bear market, there are ways to get a jump on repairing the damage many investors have incurred in their portfolios by using investments that are not historically correlated to movements of the stock market.

    Almost all financial advisors caution their clients to resist the temptation to put all their money into risky ventures that promise to make up lost ground - and I wholeheartedly agree with this advice. However, including aggressive strategies as a small allocation in an otherwise moderate investment portfolio can provide the potential for growth no matter what the market's direction. There are no guarantees, of course.

    To that end, I'm going to discuss two aggressive investment programs that I have previously introduced in my E-Letter. I think either program might be a suitable addition for a portion of a diversified portfolio, depending upon your goals and risk tolerance. However, since we don't know what future market conditions may be, a combination of these programs might be a viable long-term option for a portfolio designed to repair the bear market's damages....