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A Look at How Fast the Markets Recover Through the Years

February 9, 2010

Provided by Los Angeles Financial Planner, Rose Greene, CFP 

The stock market is amazingly resilient.

You might be surprised at how fast the stock market can change … for the better. Let’s look at how the market has recovered remarkably – and quickly – from some notable downturns.
2008-2009: The collapse of the subprime mortgage [...]

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LPL Financial Current Conditions Index for December 30, 2009

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Over the past week, the LPL Financial Current Conditions Index rose by 0.2 to 1.6, making a new high for the year. The index reflects current conditions aligned with the high end of our base case outlook and low end of our bull case outlook, established at the end of last year. Consistent with this [...]

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