By Ben Carlson
A Wealth of Common Sense
The bear market in 2022 was painful, but seems like a distant memory given the strength of the market ever since.
Since the start of 2019, the U.S. stock market is up more than 16% per year.
Looking at these numbers, it seems that we should be due for some bad returns or, at the very least, a pause in the action.
Markets are cyclical. Bad stuff tends to follow good stuff and vice versa…eventually.
We can’t expect the good times to last forever, but you can’t set your watch to these things. The stock market is random, especially over the short run.
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