Start the New Year off right with chapter champion Sam Stovall in a hard-hitting webinar "Testing Tolerance" on Wednesday, January 8, 5:30 PM CT. This Zoom webinar is free for all to attend, but you have to register here: :
ABOUT THIS EVENT:
The S&P 500 celebrated its 2nd birthday on October 12. Students of stock market history know full well that the third year of bull markets has traditionally tested investors' tolerance and discipline. Indeed, since 1949, of the 11 bull markets that celebrated their 2nd birthday, three died an early death, two more recorded 12-month declines, while another three posted below-average annual gains. With this in mind, what kind of return and volatility lie ahead for investors in 2025?
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
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STOCK RETURNS AND THE FOUR-YEAR PRESIDENTIAL CYCLE: See how the S&P 500 typically performs during all 16 quarters of the presidential cycle, with an emphasis on the first year.
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INDICATORS THAT POINT TO A VOLATILE 2025: Third-year bull markets and first years of the four-year presidential cycle have traditionally been quite volatile. Will 2025 be any different?
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INVESTMENT STRATEGIES: Investors will learn how to harvest the market-beating benefits offered by sector correlation, momentum, and seasonality.
ABOUT SAM STOVALL:
Sam Stovall, CFP® Chief Investment Strategist
As Chief Investment Strategist, Sam Stovall serves as analyst, publisher, and communicator of CFRA's outlooks for the economy, market, and sectors. He is the author of The Seven Rules of Wall Street and writes weekly "Sector Watch" and "Investment Policy" reports on CFRA's MarketScope Advisor platform, as well as maintains the Industry Momentum and Seasonal Rotation portfolios. His work is also found in CFRA's flagship weekly newsletter The Outlook.
Prior to joining CFRA, Sam was Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist at S&P Global for more than 27 years and served as Editor-in-Chief at Argus Research, an independent investment research firm in New York City. He received an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University and a B.A. in History/Education from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa.
Sam is also a Certified Financial Planner. Sam's volunteer efforts center on financial literacy. He is a board member of W!SE (Working in Support of Education), an educational not-for-profit that aims to improve the lives of young people through programs that develop financial literacy and readiness for college and careers. He is also a Trustee of Muhlenberg College.
Contact Sam: sam.stovall@cfraresearch.com
Follow Sam on Twitter: @StovallCFRA