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During a long downturn in the quickly. No one can predict the working overtime to support the
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financial markets, it’s hard for some exact moment a sustained market U.S. financial system. While the
people to be cheerful about their rally will begin — but history has problems of resuscitating our fi-
prospects for investment success. shown that rallies can start quickly nancial system are enormous, and
And that’s not surprising, because and take off sharply. Consider this: the solutions are not clear-cut, the
a daily diet of bad news can take In the first year of a recovery, inves- Department of the Treasury and the
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its toll on investors’ outlooks. Yet tors have recouped an average of Federal Reserve are working hard to
if you look beyond the headlines, 82 percent of what they lost in the support the credit markets, boost
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you can actually find some reasons entire prior bear market, according liquidity, lower mortgage rates and
to believe that brighter days lie to Standard & Poor’s. And since take other steps that can ultimately
ahead. 1932, the S&P 500 has gained an benefit the economy and the invest-
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Here are five of these potential average of 46 percent in the year ment markets.
causes for optimism: after stocks have hit bottom. Keep 5. Low inflation can help boost
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1. Recovery may be near. The in mind, though, that we have ex- “real” returns. Inflation, as mea-
financial markets obviously are con- perienced a larger-than-usual drop sured by the Consumer Price Index, 351 New Leicester Hwy. ~ Asheville, NC 28806
nected to the overall U.S. economy, in the market, so you shouldn’t is currently close to zero. As an in-
so it makes sense to keep an eye on necessarily expect a rally to produce vestor, you have reason to welcome
how the economy is doing. As you these results. Still, if you are out a low inflation rate, because when
know, we’ve been in the grip of a of the market when it does rally, inflation is high, it can erode the
long and painful recession — but you are likely to miss some of the “real” returns of your investments.
that may change fairly soon. In fact, strongest returns. Consequently, you may be rewarded
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the recession is likely to end in the 3. Low prices may mean good by investing in vehicles that, for the
second half of 2009, according to a opportunities. By almost any tra- moment, are producing only mod-
majority of the economists surveyed ditional measure of value, invest- est returns.
by the influential National Associa- ments are now very attractively Keep the above factors in mind
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tion for Business Economics. And priced. And when prices are low, when you make investment deci-
since the stock market has histori- returns over the long term tend to sions. Remember, if you’re going
cally anticipated an economic re- be higher. Keep looking for quality to help achieve your long-term
covery by about six months — and investments — like other invest- goals, you will likely need to keep
begun responding favorably — now ments, they’ve been hurt by the investing in even the gloomiest of
may not be the time to abandon downturn, but if their fundamen- markets — and, as we’ve discussed,
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your long-term investment strategy. tals are still sound, they could offer there might be more than a few rays
Of course, past performance is not the greatest potential for long-term of light ready to pierce the clouds.
a guarantee of future results. rewards.
2. Market rallies can happen 4. The Treasury and Fed are This article was written by Ed-
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