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Don\u2019t Let Headlines Get in the Way of Your Investments!<\/a><\/strong> If you have $500,000 or more to invest and want to learn more about these forecasts, click on the link below to get your free report today! _____________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n The S&P 500\u2019s\nPerformance Reflects the Opposite of Economic Collapse <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Federal Reserve of St. Louis3<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This study of Armageddon predictions over the last 10 years just\nreinforces what I\u2019ve been observing throughout my entire career and what I know\nfrom deep stock market research. When Russia tested an atomic bomb with an\nexplosion in 1949, and the Korean War started a year later, it surely felt like\nArmageddon was approaching \u2013 particularly with World War II just a few years\nbefore. But the S&P was up +18.30% in 1949 and +30.81% in 1950. Kennedy was\ntragically assassinated in 1963, but the S&P 500 rose +22.61% that year. \u201cBlack\nMonday\u201d in 1987 led to a precipitous -22.6% decline for the Dow, but the market still finished positive that\nyear. <\/em>Fast forward to our current decade, and the 2008 global financial\ncrisis gave way to the longest economic expansion in history, with the S&P\n500 near all-time highs. Long-term, it has not paid to think in doom-and-gloom\nterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 1950, the S&P 500 has been in the throes of a\ncorrection (-10% decline or more) for 7,135 days. That probably seems like a\nlot. But when you consider that there has been a total of 25,535 days (through\nNovember 30) since 1950, it becomes evident that the S&P 500 has spent a\ngreat majority of the time trending higher. Looked at another way: <\/p>\n\n\n\n You don\u2019t have to be a mathematician to see that forecasting\nArmageddon at any point throughout history has most likely meant being wrong\nabout it. The market rises far more often than it falls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bottom Line for\nInvestors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The history of the U.S.\nequity market is a history that favors long-term optimists<\/em>. It is not to\nsay that we should blindly trust the stock market will always go up, and that\nas a result it is not worth trying to identify trends and weaknesses across sectors,\nindustries, and individual companies. That\u2019s what we do every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But it is to say that heeding Armageddon predictions is very\nrisky, and, as shown above, has a low probability of success. The next time you\nencounter a doom-and-gloom forecast, remember these lessons from history and\nstay focused on the hard data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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