Don’t anticipate 30% stock returns every year. That’s where dividends enter into play.
2019 had been good to investors. U.S. shares had been up 29% (as calculated because of the S&P 500 index), making industry’s negative return in 2018 — the initial calendar-year negative return in ten years — a remote memory and overcoming worries over slow international financial development hastened by the U.S.-China trade war.
While about two out of each and every 3 years are good for the currency markets, massive returns with nary a hiccup on the way are not the norm. Continue reading