3 Powerful Lessons From The Bull Market

There are some powerful lessons we all can learn from what is shaping up as the longest bull market in history.

Reflect back on your own investment behavior over the last 10 years.  Quite a lot transpired over this time.  It was often volatile, uncertain, and in the depths of the financial crisis downright scary.  How did you behave?  Did you stick to a disciplined plan, stay the course, or move in and out of the market based on some feeling or hidden anxiety? If it's the later you're not alone.

I think there are 3 important lessons we can all draw from this bull run to help us in the future:

1. The economy drives stocks.  As long as it expands stocks will do fine.  Don't let anything else distract you.
2. Sector leaders change like the wind.  As the following chart shows, market leadership tends to change year to year.  What's hot one year isn't necessarily hot the next.  Stay diversified and resist chasing returns.
3. Stick with a long-term plan.  Deviating from your plan can be costly.  Control the emotional impulses we all have.

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