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Are Covered Calls Good in a Bear Market?
You’re approaching retirement and suddenly the market moves sharply lower. More than ten percent of your portfolio has disappeared over the past month and you’re concerned that the bear market could worsen over the next couple of months. You’re starting to worry that you may have to adjust your retirement income expectations if nothing changes. […]
5 Signals to Predict a Bear Market (and Why It’s So Hard)
Bear markets occur when a market index falls more than 20% from recent highs. While it would be great to predict a bear market and sell immediately before it occurs, timing the market is impossible to do consistently. In fact, that’s a huge reason why actively-managed funds tend to underperform passive funds. However, watching bear […]