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Correction or bear? 6 charts that explain market declines
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How often do market corrections turn into entrenched bear markets? Not very often. In fact there have already been six market corrections since the current bull market started in 2009.
Behavioral Finance
Market timing can contribute to investor mistakes
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Concerned about volatility in your equity portfolio? Trying to time the markets probably isn’t the answer. Data from Morningstar shows that, on average, investor returns lag fund returns.
Behavioral Finance
Keeping Emotions in Check – A Historical Guide to Market Volatility
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One of the biggest challenges in investing is to stay focused and on course. Investors must look at the markets from a historical perspective for broader context, and to better understand why it is important to stay the course during both calm and perilous markets.
Behavioral Finance
How to handle market declines
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You wouldn’t be human if you didn’t fear loss. But smart investing can overcome the power of emotion by focusing on relevant research, solid data and proven strategies. Here are seven principles that can help fight the urge to make emotional decisions in times of market turmoil.
Behavioral Finance
Diversify by Strategy to Stay on Track
It’s important for investors to understand how different investment strategies work and how each performs under various market conditions.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Getting Familiar with Global Portfolio Hedging
Invesco describes various hedging methods and the costs of hedging fixed income portfolios.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Bond ETFs: Financial Advisors Drive Use With Specialized Applications
BlackRock sponsors this Cerulli Associates report that asks 378 financial advisors about their use of bond ETFs.
Portfolio Construction Insights
Building Better Benchmarks
The BlackRock Portfolio Solutions team explores benchmarks and how to build them appropriately.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Use Needs Rather than Fear for Allocation
Risk tolerance can result in poor risk management, significant misallocation of resources and a high degree of anxiety. AthenaInvest suggests using a needs-based planning instead.
Behavioral Finance
Trust and Financial Advice
Vanguard researchers break down strategies advisors can use to build greater trust with their clients.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Look Beyond Cost For Active Management
Focus on low-cost equity mutual funds has increased dramatically in the past decade. While cost matters, mutual funds should be evaluated based on what investors get for the price they pay.
Behavioral Finance
Diversification: The Power of Winning by Not Losing
Just as we laud improbable and memorable athletic achievements without adequately accounting for risk and counterfactuals, we do likewise with large and singular financial events.