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A Review And Preview Of Bull Market Risks And Opportunities

“It may be nice to look back at the gains of the last year, several years or decade, but it’s the look out into 2020 and beyond that will matter the most for any investor who is not yet in retirement,” notes the author of today’s article after reviewing the strong stock market gains of 2019. So can those gains… 

Bull, Bear Or In-Between: When Is It Better To Retire?

Are you better off retiring in a bull market or a bear market? For those who have the option of retiring now while the good times are still here or waiting until things go south, this is an especially salient question. In today’s article, the author runs the numbers on retiring during a raging bull market versus retiring in a… 

Is Now Really The Worst Time To Retire Since Just Before The Dot-Com Crash?

Earlier this summer, a Barron’s cover story advanced the claim that this is “the worst time to retire since just before the dot-com bubble burst”, pointing to the nearly decade-long stock bull market (and even older bond bull market) – and the “rising market volatility, rising inflation, rising interest rates and an uncertain economic outlook” expected to result – as… 

Sectors And Stocks For An Aging Bull’s “Twilight Years”

While the author of today’s article believes that the bull market still has room to run, he advises that “it’s time for investors to think about how and when bull markets end, and what performs well during their twilight years.” He proceeds to examine groups that tend to do well in the late stages of a bull market, and highlights… 

Protecting Your Retirement Savings From The Next (Debt-Driven) Financial Crisis

Is a financial crisis coming – and, if so, how can you protect your retirement savings before the economic implosion occurs? These are the issues tackled in today’s article, where the author warns of the possibility of a coming financial crisis as a result of “asset price bubbles, misplaced credit and excessive debt on a global scale.” Will the U.S.’s… 

How (And When) Will It End – And Is Your 401(k) At Risk?

They correctly forecasted last decade’s financial crisis and its devastating effects on many Americans – and now they are getting nervous about another meltdown when the current bull market ends. Today’s article goes to three market skeptics – including Yale economist Robert Shiller, who warned of a “catastrophic collapse of the housing and stock markets” three years before the ’08… 

Safety First: 10 Bear-Market-Safe Dividend Stocks For Retirees

The current bull market is the second-longest in history and has continued to reach new highs of late, but as today’s article acknowledges, sooner or later all good things must come to an end. As such, it highlights 10 high-quality dividend stocks that retirees might want to have in their portfolios when the good times do end, as they are…