Yeah, that’s a cliché.
But the weird thing about clichés… they all contain a grain of truth. And that’s certainly true in this case.
There REALLY IS always a bull market somewhere… in every kind of economy.
Let’s take for instance the horrible bear market of 2000-2002 – one of the drearier times in stock market history.
A time in which the average investor lost 50% of their retirement assets.
In 2000, while the S&P 500 dipped 10.1%, the Home Construction sector soared 70.3%, Oil skyrocketed 64.3% and the usually staid Utilities sector jumped a tidy 53.1%!
In 2001, the S&P 500 swooned 13%, but Home Construction was up yet another 37.2%, and the emerging markets of South Korea and Mexico were up 44.6% and 14% respectively.
Finally, in 2002 the S&P 500 took a swan dive of 23.2%, while commodities launched into the stratosphere… the Commodity Tracking Index catapulted 32%, and Oil / Energy propelled 44% to the upside.
And how about the rotten market during 2007-2008, when the S&P 500 limped along with a 3.5% gain, only to crater an amazing 38.5% a year later?
Well, in 2007 Steel vaulted 83.1%, Brazil was red hot at 72.5%, and Oil was up yet another 46.8%.
And in 2008 – the worst year for the stock market in decades – the Japanese Yen was up 22.9%, Gold popped 5.1% and the U.S. Dollar eked out a 4.2% gain for the year.
So… even in the worst of times… when it seems like everything is crumbling… something good is actually happening somewhere.
It’s only a matter of recognizing the signs and trends.
ETFs are the perfect vehicles to play sectors like the ones I’ve mentioned above. Regular stocks, foreign markets, commodities, currencies, you name it… there’s an ETF to play it.
All you have to do is decide which one to play in any given market.
I show you how to do that on my website.
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Helping you retire on time,
Big A