In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, stocks were the go-to investment option for more than a decade. We’d been riding a high for so long that we found ourselves caught off guard by the severe but brief bear market triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. That bear—along with the 2022 bear market spurred by record inflation and interest-rate hikes—serves as an important reminder: Declining markets are a natural part of investing.
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