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Earnings Continue Decline

Wall Street told investors that earnings will broadly rebound in 2024. Anything but – earnings results continued to slip.

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Bear Market Persists - Be Cautious

A handful of stocks are responsible for the YTD S&P 500 return, the broad market remains in a bear trend.

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The S&P 500 has lost an average of -34.9% during the last 14 recessions, going back to the 1920s.

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If it wasn’t for a small number of mega cap stocks the 2020 stock market return is negative.

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Drops of 20% or more during recessions are not uncommon.

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Bear Markets bring both a dramatic drop in corporate profits and stock prices.

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Corporate profits have been flat for 8 years.

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Earnings are not good and expected to get worse.