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How long does it take to recover your losses from a bear market? Longer than we’d like
Legendary investor Jim Slater lived through the 1970s stock market crash: the worst slump since the 1930s. The London share index was at a 21-year low in 1975. If you find yourself in the midst of a bear market then clearly Slater’s seen a thing or two. Let’s hear what he has to say. (My [...]
Let’s scare ourselves stupid by watching the horrorshow that was the 1972-1974 UK stock market crash.
Popcorn sales have probably skyrocketed as investors gazed transfixed at the market mayhem of 2020…
The coronavirus is causing havoc, but in the long-term it’ll probably be another blip…
The mathematics of compounding means short ETFs are strictly for day traders, and anyone else who doesn’t particularly like profitable investing.
Stock markets go up and down — sometimes sharply — and so will your emotions. Make sure you have a plan to cope with it all.
China’s new investing class is being put through the ringer. Here’s some lessons for the long-term.
The stock market has crashed and your plan looks sick as a parrot. Should you panic? (What do you think!)
There’s nothing wrong with regulators lowering financial expectations, except the timing. The time to be afraid is when everyone is happy, not when they’ve given up.
This special post from Tim of the Psi-Fi blog outlines some ways to buy shares when the stock market is plummeting.
After knocking off half a bottle of port and some over-ripe Stilton, I had the most peculiar dream. Share prices actually went up for a decade – and stayed up!
A very young Tony Blair’s verdict on the 1987 crash sounds uncannily applicable to the 2007-2009 turmoil, too.
I’ve got a confession to make: The economic meltdown of 2008 was thrilling in some twisted way, and I miss it.
Lots of people have been left on the sidelines by the stock market rally, hunkered down in a bunker waiting for a bomb that’s already exploded.
This is the final part in a series of three posts on riding out a bear market. To be sociable and mix things up a bit, the first two posts are on two other splendid financial blogs: MoneyNing (Part 1: Beat market volatility by being boring) Investing School (Part 2: Ignore your portfolio for months [...]
Eating breakfast this morning, I caught Hugh Hendry, the gloomy and currently outperforming UK fund manager, on CNBC. Hendry’s main call, which he has been rewarded by repeating for months now, is to avoid equities. Yes, the market has fallen, Hendry says, but that doesn’t mean it won’t keep falling. Look at the Great Crash [...]
I accept it’s normal to feel frustrated, angry, or even downright stupid when you lose money on your investments. But what about guilt? My portfolio’s fall from its peak value in summer 2007 to a low in October 2008 represents a big loss for a 30-something private investor like me: at least a couple of [...]
A month into 2009 and the bad news continues. Perhaps I’m becoming immune to the economic gloom or maybe it’s the first sign of spring, but I can’t help feeling we should look on the bright side. Yes, the world economy is undergoing a severe contraction. Millions of people are losing their jobs, and investors [...]
So you’ve done your four financial crisis checks: Your savings are safe They’re earning more interest You’ve got a plan to pay off any debt Your mortgage is sorted for the foreseeable future. Time to turn over and fall back to sleep? Possibly. I’m serious! It’s often too late to Do Something once a financial [...]
Catching up with some of my favourite financial blogs (no, Monevator.com is not an island!), I’ve noticed a sour note on those that follow the net worth of the author (e.g. My 1st Million at 33 and Accumulating Money). I admire these writers for putting their cojones on the line so publicly. My thoughts certainly [...]
Rather than whimpering, if you’re well positioned you should be whooping with joy that you’ve got an unlooked for chance to buy the same shares you were buying last month for 10%, 20%, or even 50% less than you expected to pay.