Bear Markets/Crash

How Does the Market Crash Impact Retirees?

This can be a scary time for those who have never lived through a market crash. But young people and those still in the accumulation phase will eventually come to realize that lower prices are a good thing for new savings. For those approaching retirement or already in retirement a market crash poses an even…

Random Thoughts on the Crash As We Catch Our Breath

Some random thoughts as we get a couple of days off from paying attention to the markets: Will the winner-takes-all only get worse from here? One of the big worries before the current crisis hit, which seems rather trivial at the moment, is the growing concentration at the top of the stock market in just…

What If You Buy Stocks Too Early During a Market Crash?

I know of a professional trader who foresaw the Great Recession, went to cash in the summer of 2008 before things got crazy and came up with a wonderful plan to put his money back to work at the lows. He planned on putting his cash into a simple S&P 500 index fund in 25%…

Why You Can’t Always Swing at the Fat Pitch During a Crisis

CNBC reported last night that the biggest banks in the United States would be stopping their buybacks to shore up their balance sheets because of the crisis: The group — which includes JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and two other banks — said in a statement that the pandemic was an “unprecedented challenge.” “The COVID-19…

Levels of Losing in the Stock Market

Bill Simmons wrote a piece for ESPN back in the day called The 13 Levels of Losing when it comes to life as a die-hard sports fanatic. I thought about this column recently as it pertains to the markets. The worst was ‘That Game’ which refers to something like the 1986 World Series where the…