A Tough Quarter for the Best Investment

Investors continue to worry over the current state of the market. But history shows that nothing outperforms a diversified portfolio of common stocks. [Shield] AN OXFORD CLUB PUBLICATION [Liberty Through Wealth]( [View in browser]( SPONSORED [Warning: The Last Value Play Gone After May 12?]( [Time is gone! Boss showing watch bad manager.]( In this market... There's only ONE STOCK (priced at just under $2) that could be $20 and STILL be a bargain. It brought in more income in the last 12 months than Disney, Square or Tesla. But a key announcement on May 12 could send this stock rocketing skyward (and you could miss your chance... FOREVER). [Get the Details Now (BEFORE May 12)]( THE SHORTEST WAY TO A RICH LIFE [Why History Should Make Investors Long-Term Optimists]( [Alexander Green | Chief Investment Strategist | The Oxford Club]( [Alexander Green]( The first quarter of this year has been [a tough one for investors](. [Inflation is higher](. Stock and [bond prices]( are lower. The Federal Reserve is ending its ultra-easy monetary policies. The pandemic is still having a negative effect on labor and the global supply chain. And war is raging in Ukraine. It's an unusual year, to be sure. But students of history will realize it's not that unusual. There is always plenty of bad news in the world. It's just that we promptly forget it once we move past it. In [The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness]( author Morgan Housel points out that over the last 170 years: - 1.3 million Americans died while fighting nine major wars. - Roughly 99.9% of all companies that were created went out of business. - Four U.S. presidents were assassinated. - 675,000 Americans died in a single year from a flu pandemic. - 30 separate natural disasters killed at least 400 Americans each. - 33 recessions lasted a cumulative 48 years. - The stock market fell more than 10% from a recent high at least 102 times. - Stocks lost a third of their value at least 12 times. - Annual inflation exceeded 7% in 20 separate years. Yet life went on and our standard of living increased 20-fold in those 170 years. SPONSORED [Bitcoin Is for SUCKERS. (Buy THIS Instead)]( [Bitcoin Suckers]( The Bitcoin ship has sailed. But [THIS new opportunity]( could be even bigger. If you have $15, you could have the chance to transform your wealth with crypto. But without buying ANY of it. No coins. No tokens. [>> You need to see THIS now.]( It wasn't easy for equity investors to maintain their discipline during so much disruption. But it was crucial. Running to cash when the outlook is poor seems like a safe strategy during difficult times. But it isn't. It hasn't worked in the past. And it's unlikely to work in the future. Look back at every market sell-off of the last 200 years and, with the luxury of hindsight, you can plainly see that each was a buying opportunity. When markets get hit hard, however, people feel emotional. They feel a strong need to do something. And, unless you have unusually strong contrarian instincts, that something is usually the wrong thing. Down markets are generally caused by unexpected events. Consider Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, 9/11 in 2001, the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers in 2008, the global pandemic that began two years ago and Russia's invasion of Ukraine this year. [All of these events felt like a bolt out of the blue.]( And for a very good reason: They were. Most investment advice is geared toward what investors should do. But it's what you don't do on that small number of days when you feel terrified that is absolutely vital. As Warren Buffett points out, the most important quality for investors is not intellect but temperament. When it comes to the stock market, you're better off being a calm and deliberate individual of common sense than a volatile genius. Especially if that good sense is informed by a historical perspective. Bad things happen sporadically and suddenly, as cataloged above. But good things occur regularly and generally take time. The rolling returns on equities are remarkably consistent. Historically, the odds of making money in the U.S. stock market are 50-50 in one-day periods, 68% in one-year periods, 88% in 10-year periods and 100% in 20-year periods. That's something to remember whenever stock prices stumble, as they did in the first quarter of 2022. History clearly demonstrates that [nothing outperforms a diversified portfolio of common stocks]( over the long term. Or - better still - a diversified portfolio of uncommonly good ones. Good investing, Alex [Leave a Comment]( [Video: 4 Mistakes Every Investor Makes]( [Click here]( to watch Alex's latest video update. For Alex's latest video updates, subscribe on [YouTube](. 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