All I Hear Is Doom and Gloom

Doom and gloom sells, but the markets don't listen. [Shield] AN OXFORD CLUB PUBLICATION [Wealthy Retirement]( [View in browser]( SPONSORED [Volatility Giving You Migraines?]( [Market Rollercoaster]( The markets are tough for a lot of traders right now... During the COVID Crash... former CBOE trading legend Bryan Bottarelli showed members 246% total gains while the S&P was DOWN 20%. Now... he's hosting a FREE CLASS revealing the "Perfect Timing Pattern" Pro Traders use to make even BIGGER money in today's market than they did during the past bull market... [FREE Training on Today, Reveals the Secret - Go Here Now!]( [MARKET TRENDS]( [Recession Coming? Don't Be Scared Out of the Markets]( [Marc Lichtenfeld, Chief Income Strategist, The Oxford Club]( [Marc Lichtenfeld]( "All I hear is doom and gloom And all is darkness in my room Through the light, your face I see Baby, take a chance Baby, won't you dance with me?" - The Rolling Stones Recently, I participated in an investment panel. One of the panelists was so negative, I was surprised he could get out of bed in the morning. He suggested that President Biden was going to lead the U.S. into nuclear war with Russia. Maybe he's right, I don't know. I'm not a political analyst. But if he is correct, investments will be the least of our concerns. He also predicted a deep recession this year (presumably before the nuclear war). I see absolutely no reason to expect that. But I'm no Pollyanna. I did forecast a mild recession this year. However, there is a big difference between a normal, run-of-the-mill recession that occurs every so often and a devastating setback like we saw in 2008, which hadn't happened for 70 years prior. Doom and gloom sells. There are a lot of serious problems in the U.S. and the world, so it's easy to point out all of the reasons the economy is in trouble and stocks will collapse. Except, they generally don't. And on the rare occasion they do, they bounce back. The dot-com collapse of the late 1990s was the biggest stock market bubble since the Great Depression. Valuations went out the window, as stocks would rise hundreds of points a day because companies reported more eyeballs on their website than they had the previous month - despite having no way of converting those eyeballs into revenue. SPONSORED [$30 Trillion Debt Bill Is Now Due]( [Big bomb of money]( For decades... politicians have racked up huge debt with no thought of the future. Now... the bill is due. It's unleashed a financial storm called "America's Reckoning"... [Discover Why You Must Prepare Before February 3 (CLICK HERE)]( Companies that added ".com" to their names saw their stocks rise 50% in a day. It was insane. And the reckoning was severe. The S&P 500 was just about cut in half between March 2000 and October 2002. It took about seven years to fully recover. The global financial crisis that began in 2007 was also bad. It took the S&P lower by 53%. That time, it took just four years to fully recover. Stocks then entered a 12-year bull market that saw the S&P triple. Stocks go up over the long term. We know this. They have done so for over a century. Historically, the market goes up an average of about 10% per year. Of course, that's not going to happen every year. Some years will be terrible, like 2022, when the market was down more than 19%. Other times, you'll see tremendous returns, like 30% in 2013, 29% in 2019 or 45% in 1954. The media keeps you hooked on all of the bad news in the world. And there are admittedly a lot of terrible things out there. But most people get up in the morning, go about their day and live their lives. That's not very interesting from a media perspective. But that's real life, and it's what fuels our economy and markets. Sure, there are occasional black swans - unexpected events that can not only disturb our markets but upset our daily rhythms. But historically, they have been short-lived, and the economy and markets recover. The next time someone tries to scare you out of the markets, remember that history is not on their side. Good investing, Marc P.S. My go-to investing strategy is based on the fact that stocks go up over the long term. It's called the 10-11-12 System, and the goal is that you will generate 12% average annual total returns with dividends reinvested over 10 years. Let me tell you... it works. This system is the foundation of my newsletter, which you can [learn more about here](. [Leave a Comment]( [Explore the Wonders of Israel, Jordan and Egypt]( MORE FROM WEALTHY RETIREMENT [Image of a player at blackjack table]( [How to Make Money in the "Casino" of the Stock Market]( [Image of a family playing in the pool]( [Pool Corp. 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