The stock market is knee-deep in a painful correction right now, with 81% of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) components having lost value in 2022. At the same time, market makers are judging every stock by the same ultra-strict standard right now. Remember: The market generally goes up in the long run, and every downturn in history has been followed by another bull market. Read More...
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When the stock market is in a funk, as it is now, down 25% so far this year and firmly in bear market territory, it’s easy to forget the power of a simple buy-and-hold investing strategy. Because every steep correction is invariably followed by a bull market, one that tends to go far higher than the previous peak before the downturn hit, those valleys tend to smooth out until they hardly even register on a stock chart. Bear markets are also typically measured in months, while bull markets are measured in years.
