The current bull market may not be the oldest in history but it is getting close. You never know what will derail it, sometimes it is valuation, sometimes it is geopolitical and sometimes it takes just one small event to trigger selling. I know this, with more hedge funds holding more assets, when real selling occurs, it will be swift. You need to decide now what you might do.
This bull market is a boomer itself!!! If you were fortunate enough to have made money over the last five years or more, read on.
My favorite of all wall street sayings is "professionals sell on the way up and amateurs wait for trouble and sell on the way down". The psychology behind this is true. I don't know when the bull market will end but check out the chart below and remember the terrible bear markets that took place after each!
If you utilize a financial guy, make sure you compare your brokerage account to history and if you didn't annualize over 19% a year over the last five years, then you are paying for nothing.
Don't expect your financial guy to sell anything now either for two reasons;
- financial advisors only get paid for assets on the books, not cash
- it's easier to be one of the crowd and ask for forgiveness when your account withers rather than risk being right
- they are probably too busy 'selling' new people
