Markets Will Try Your Patience




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As Mark Twain put it, "The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

First and foremost, the market had gone up almost continuously for five years, without a meaningful correction. "Correction" is not just a euphemism; it is defined as a market pullback of 10 per cent or more.

This is the so-called "subprime" lending industry, whose collapse is a significant factor in the current market correction.

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Markets Will Try Your Patience

Dollars and Sense / David Christianson

A few weeks ago we talked about the value of diversification and I strongly encouraged you to re-evaluate your investment portfolio asset mix at that time.

My suggestion...

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