Black swans and prolonged bear markets can inflict severe portfolio losses while testing investor discipline. Understanding how these events unfold is an important part of managing market risk.
Investors often focus on returns while overlooking the risks that can permanently impair them. Here are four core investor risks—and why understanding how they interact is essential to long-term investing.
How unusual are today’s stock market returns? OCMR compares the S&P 500’s recent performance with more than 75 years of market history, examining returns, volatility, valuations, and the potential for mean reversion.