BEAR MARKETS News & Analysis

Historical patterns repeat themselves. And lessons from history show us the genesis of financial disasters lay in visions of limitless growth.  

Mark LaMonica, CFA looks back at the .com crash of 2000 and the Nifty-Fifty crash of 1973 to see if there are any parallels to today, and what...

What investors can do to identify warning signs and address the associated risks.

We look at measures that indicated historical market bottoms and how the market compares now.

There is endless speculation about signs of a market bottom. Should investors care?

'Tremors' in the markets have some concerned, but investors are cautioned against overreacting.

Recency bias leads many investors to expect the recent past to continue into the future

How do we know it is time to buy when markets keep dropping.

Bear traps can be short, swift, and end as quickly as they started.

Simply put - it's trying to time the exact bottom of the market. Almost impossible in practice