by Ken Fisher
World stocks’ peak-to-trough drop is 26.1 per cent in US dollars – both historically minor bear markets. That holds for eurozone stocks’ 24.8 per cent drop in euros.
Some bear markets did not end in capitulation such as in 1966 and 1982. The current situation looks like another example. Why? The usual safe havens do not seem safe.
US Treasuries have fallen 14.5 per cent this year in US dollar terms. UK gilts are down 13.8 per cent in pounds. German bunds are down 15 per cent in euros.
I doubt long rates rise materially from here – but if that is your expectation, why swop stocks for bonds?
Why pile into cash when it pays little and will be worth far less soon, if today’s inflation rates persist?
Gold is down 13.6 per cent and far exceeded global stocks’ 3.1 per cent drop over the same span.
Bitcoin plunged 76.6 per cent in US dollar terms from November 2021’s high till November 2022’s low.
Real estate offers little safety, given mortgage rates’ rise has hit demand globally in an overall high-price environment.
Source: Business Times
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