Like the churn of the ocean before a storm, and the subsequent tranquility after the worst is over, there is a good lesson for investors: those who do not panic amid the clouds of confusion are often rewarded with sunnier skies.
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On Friday, the bear came out and started roaring, but by the end of the day, he had retreated to his cave, perhaps using the weekend to rest up and come out again.
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The Federal Reserve announced emergency actions to guard against the coming economic impact of Coronavirus.
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In a holiday-shortened week, investors learned a nasty lesson: when the bear reveals his fangs, the results can be nasty.
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I have a confession: I’m rooting for a recession -- and a bear market. Of course I don’t want people to suffer, but the longer both the expansion and bull market continue, the more we tend to forget that they can actually end, leading some to make poor financial decisions.
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We knew that a stock market correction was coming, but why then did everyone seem so shocked when it arrived on Februarys 8th? Corrections, defined as 10 percent drops from the recent highs (January 26th), usually occur every year or so. Until last week, it had been two full years since the major US indexes had corrected. In other words, we were overdue for a drop.
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