In fact, the S&P has declined in 11 of the past 20 Septembers. You may be inclined to say, “That’s not so impressive.” But an average decline of 10 points is something worth noting.
September 4th, 2009 | Bill Jenkins | 3 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "stock market crash"
In a Bear Market Most Stocks Go Down, So What Do You Do?
But the stock market is not a television show or a graphic novel. It does not have a tidy beginning, an enthralling middle, and a miraculous end. Attention spans are short these days. People expect instant resolution. But the unwinding of a credit boom doesn’t work that way, especially when you have central banks and governments fighting it every step of the way…
August 31st, 2009 | Dan Denning | 31 comments | Continued
Crash, Depression, Hyperinflation – the Triple Crown of Financial Catastrophes
It is remarkable enough that we have been able to witness a genuine market crash. The crash of ‘87 barely counts. It sent prices down as much as a third all around the world. But it was a very short-lived affair. Bread put in the oven at the beginning of it was still doughy when it was over. Then, it kept rising for the next 20 years.
June 11th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
The Best Time to Invest in the Market in 5 Years
“Stock Market Crisis”…”Market Meltdown”…”Stock Market Crash”…”Government Bails Out Banks”…”Credit Crisis”. Those seem to be the only type of headlines we’ve seen during the last few months. There have been very few bright spots. It has culminated – so far – with the S&P/ASX 200 having fallen by 50% since the market peaked in November 2007. Because of that we have reassessed all of the positions in our Australian Small Cap Investigator portfolio…
November 25th, 2008 | Kris Sayce | 1 comment | Continued