If you’re like many investors, you might be thinking it’s time to take some risk off the table.
On Wednesday, barring a crash, this bull market will become the longest in the history of the S&P 500, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. Stocks have been rising steadily, without the 20% decline that conventionally defines a bear market, since March 2009—making this bull run about to exceed the nearly-10-year stretch that ended in March 2000.
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This article was originally published on The Wall Street Journal.
Further reading
Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor
Jason Zweig, The Devil’s Financial Dictionary
Jason Zweig, Your Money and Your Brain
Jason Zweig, The Little Book of Safe Money