Preparing for the Downward Ride

ByTTT

I was thinking the other day about the last time we had a major economic and stock market downturn. In this century, there have been two – the Dot Com collapse of the early 2000s and the Financial Crisis in 2008. 

  •  Those of us in our twenties think of it as abstract events that happened when we were kids. If we think of them at all, it is certainly with no understanding of what was actually happening and how stressful and devastating it was for anyone who held stocks of any type. 
     
  • Those of us in our thirties may remember some belt-tightening around 2008, but as we were barely out of diapers at the turn of the century, we don’t have any clear memories of what that collapse was all about. 
     
  • Those of us 40+ have had one hell of a rollercoaster ride in metals, stocks, bonds, real estate, and crypto. The bloodbaths brought on by the technology bubble, banks underwriting sub-prime mortgages, and the subsequent freefall of the financial sector and economy. 

I think what I am getting at here is that there is an entire generation that, other than the Covid blip, has never truly experienced a deep bear market or global recession. 

What many in their fifties or higher remember is losing our jobs, losing our homes, losing our savings, and, for some, losing their health and lifestyle. 

Market and economic downturns are no joke. It’s when the good times come to a screeching halt, the piper must be paid, and a new reality sinks in… a reality called desperation and broken dreams.  

While we creep closer to the eventual tipping point and market collapse, it is the prudent and wise investor who begins to prepare and salivate at the opportunities brewing.

It is in this arena that I chose to step.

  • People don’t need to watch their life savings disappear as they ride their buy-and-hold strategy down. 
  • People don’t need to stay beholden to their dividend payments as the underlying company struggles to stay afloat (because once they sink, so to do the ‘reliable’ dividend income stream). 
  • People don’t need to diversify to the point where the winners distract from the losers and obscure what is actually happening to the overall portfolio.

YOU don’t need to do any of these things….unless you want to.

I recently talked about what I call the THREE D strategies everyone uses and how they are high risk and generate small returns. 

  • Diversification
  • Dividend Stocks 
  • Dangers of Buy & Hold 

Asset Revesting

You may or may not know that I have recently written a book about a different way to invest. It is not active trading, nor is it passive investing. Instead, it lands somewhere in the middle. Naturally, this tends to leave people feeling uncomfortable, especially during the learning phase.

But, if they hang on and remember why they subscribed to my community in the first place, they begin to see the light. Readers can see that a calmer and more disciplined approach to investing in the stock market can lead to higher gains over time.

It’s not a ‘get rich quick’ scheme…thank goodness. If that’s what you’re looking for, don’t bother to read any further, as you are not going to find what you are looking for with me.

What members and I do takes time, patience, consistency, and discipline. But this is a small price to pay to avoid large drawdowns, reduce the sequence of returns risk, and be able to stay on the financial track toward retirement.

If you’ve not yet had an opportunity to read my book to learn more about Asset Revesting, for the first time, I am making one chapter available for no charge. If it resonates with you, make an appointment to talk with my team for further details.

Download the complimentary chapter here. 

Book an appointment to speak with my team here. 

Let’s get prepared to weather the coming storm together. And make no mistake, the storm is coming.

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Chris Vermeulen 
Chief Investment Officer 
TheTechnicalTraders.com 

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