In just 13 trading days, the S&P 500 Index pulled back nearly 19% from its recent all-time highs, making this the fastest such move in stock market history. We all know why this happened, as concerns over COVID-19 (coronavirus) and potential economic fallout continue to grip investors around the globe.

The big question now is: Will a potential bear market in stocks usher in a recession? After all, stocks tend to lead the economy both into and out of recessions. “History tells us that the worst bear markets have taken place during a recession,” said LPL Financial Senior Market Strategist Ryan Detrick. “Now th

On October 16, 2008 in an editorial for The New York Times, Warren Buffet, considered by many to be one of the greatest investors of his generation, repeated one of his favorite maxims: Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. Markets would subsequently see considerable losses before reaching their lows almost five months later on March 6, 2009. Buffet didn’t call the bottom, and there were still gains to be made for highly tactical investors who were betting against stocks. But looking back on Buffet’s remarks today, the advice was quite prescient.

As we sit writing this blog, with the S&

As the coronavirus continues to scare global markets, it would be easy forget that the current bull market started 11 years ago today. Based on investing fundamentals, we continue to believe we’ll see a resumption of economic growth and a continuation of this bull market into at least 2021, but worries are building. We highlight three reasons this bull market is alive and well, and three reasons it could be on borrowed time.

Three Reasons the Bull May Make It to 12

As shown in FIGURE 1, currently this is the longest bull market on record, recently peaking at more than a 400% gain, but it still hasn’t topped the 4

U.S. stocks ended the first week of March slightly higher, but the path to get there was extremely volatile. The first four days of the week saw the S&P 500 Index move at least 2.9% each day amid heightened fears around the coronavirus and increasing U.S. recession odds. The boost to investor sentiment from the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) emergency rate cut on March 3 was short-lived.

The Dow Industrials held up best among the four major U.S. stock indexes we track, while the small cap Russell 2000 Index fared the worst. Growth style held up better than value. Sector dispersion was high as defensive and interest-rate sensit