On February 19th, 2020, the S&P 500 index closed at 3,386.15. That marked the highpoint before the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global economic collapse drove
That was the title of a keynote address given by Vanguard founder John Bogle in February 2005. For Bogle, a prominent evangelist of low-cost investing,
How we, as investors, define “the market” can obscure actual investment experiences. To illustrate, look at the following four measures of 2020 year-to-date returns through
From March 24th, 2020 through May 26th, 2020, the stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, returned 36%. That is not typo. Over the same period of time, we have seen a torrent of terrible economic news. For example, on April 24th, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated economic forecasts that included the following:
From February 20th, 2020 through March 23rd, 2020, the S&P 500 plummeted 34%. Concerns about the human and economic impact of the Coronavirus drove stock
Since our March 9th note placing current market volatility in context, the market, as measured by the S&P 500, has continued to see major swings
Why not sell out and get back in when things are calmer? That is the question many investors are asking as the Coronavirus-provoked market volatility
This morning global equity markets continued the recent volatility around the Coronavirus’ human and economic impacts. As of this morning, the S&P 500 is trading
As I sit to write this post, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down just less than 1,000 points. Concerns around the impact of the
As we begin the new decade, I thought this would be a good time to consider what a reasonable long-term equity return expectation might look
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