When the Recovery Will End, Emotion, Controversy
When Will the Recovery End? (Spoiler Alert: It’s Already Over) After 10 years, surely the end of the recovery is near? I still see investment products pitched with this kind of wording. It turns out that the recovery ended 84 freaking months ago. Since then, we’ve been in expansion. 84 months sounds like a long time (7 years!), but in the context of previous expansions, it’s not remarkable in either length nor size (there’s a joke here, somewhere). The expansion following recovery from the tech crash was just 12 months, with a gain of 14.6% on the S&P 500. However, the two prior expansions were 135 and 134 months long and gained over 400 and 500% (see graphic). Should we be worried about the current expansion? Let’s break 100 months first, then three years after that let’s start worrying. In the meantime, stick to your financial plan. Taking the Emotion…
