Stock Market Cycles – Bulls, Bears, Corrections, Oh My!

by Chris Perras, CFA, Chief Investment Officer. The financial press is constantly using terms such as “bull market”, “bear market”, “market correction”, and “recession”.  What do these terms mean, what characteristics do they hold for the asset prices, and most importantly, what do they mean for your portfolio? Overview: Bull versus Bear Markets The term…

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Stock Returns – Earnings Growth, Price/Earnings Ratio, and Dividends

by Chris Perras, CFA, Chief Investment Officer. There are three components of equity market returns over time.  They are 1) a company’s growth in earnings and free cash flow, 2) the change in valuation an investor pays for those earnings and free cash flow over time (P/E ratio), and 3) the dividend yield on a…

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