The Motley Fool

MAY 25, 2024

The first four years of the decade saw all three major stock indexes pivot between bear and bull markets in successive years, with no index enduring wilder swings than the innovation-fueled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC). During the 2022 bear market, the Nasdaq lost a third of its value. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Since this decade began, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , widely followed S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and growth-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have swung like a pendulum, alternating bear and bull markets. The other takeaway is what fewer available dollars for lending does to the stock market.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 6, 2023

But when examined over a period of months or perhaps a year or two, the stock market can truly be "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma," to quote the late Winston Churchill. trillion in July 2022, M2 has declined to about $20.89 Over the long run, Wall Street is a money machine for patient investors. inflation rate).

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 10, 2024

Typically, persistent contraction of the PMI leads to downward revisions in corporate earnings -- and when businesses are generating weaker profits, stock valuations often decline. economy and stock market by perhaps the second-half of this year. trillion in July 2022. erased by bull market rallies.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2023

But the point is, one of the big premises, I think, of the stock market rally and the enthusiasm we've had in the market so far, certainly, in the spring, is that the Fed was close to being done. In fact, they were close to being done, and the market was expecting rates to maybe come down before the end of the year.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 17, 2024

David Gardner: Bill, I see you're starting to brandish the stock graph of your life. But before we do, I'm sure you're going to get into this a little bit more, but the law and then all of a sudden, the stock market. David Gardner: Story stock? Bill the stock graph of your life. I had been doing a little investing.

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Blackstone

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In the long run, it pays to be a market optimist*—literally. Private markets benefit the most due to their investment horizons. 5 Statistically, the longer you hold your investments, the better your chances of success. Today, it’s almost five times larger. 20 Confidence is building in Europe.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The research highlights high-level trends in the pension fund industry and provides information on the changing composition of the top 300 list of pension funds globally as well as the characteristics and investment allocations of these pension funds. during 2022, compared with a decrease of 10.6% and now total $20.6 of total assets.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

There’s probably more volatility on tap for stock markets, Graham said, adding he’s “cautiously optimistic” about what lies ahead for the fund this year as certain sectors in some parts of the world appear ready to soar. CPP Investments also said that Graham’s compensation rose slightly higher to $5.38 million last year – $4.6

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2023

And the only reason I can think for why dividends became the key way of returning cash is I went back to the history of markets. Bond markets preceded stock markets. So when stock markets were first open, to attract investors to buy stocks, they had to be disguised as bonds. DAMODARAN: Yeah.

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