Last week, the stock market saw its shadow and we are in for six more weeks of winter weather affected reports contributing to stock market volatility. One way to invest in a low-return, volatile market is to focus on yield rather than solely on price appreciation.
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The volatility and classic 5-10% pullback we have seen so far this year is perfectly normal and very likely to be a recurring pattern throughout 2010 as the economy transitions from recovery to sustainable growth.
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The winds of change are blowing. Market participants clearly believe that the tailwinds for growth are beginning to fade and headwinds are rising.
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This may feel like one long slide in the stock market since the recent peak on January 19, but it isn’t. It is actually three in one. Stage one was driven by concerns of slowing stimulus in China, stage two was driven by Washington, and stage three by the labor market and aftershocks of the financial crisis in peripheral Europe.
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Governments and businesses are applying economic and market stimulus on an unprecedented scale to reverse the effects of the financial crisis. These actions created powerful tailwinds for growth. However, when you borrow from the future, eventually the future comes knocking. The cost of the stimulus will begin to be felt in the second half of 2010. The actions that allowed the healing to take place will be ending, or may even reverse, and that could create a renewed slowdown or, in the worst case, a small contraction in the economy as the tailwinds turn to headwinds.
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Weekly Market Commentary – “Happy Anniversary?”
One year ago, on March 9, 2009, the stock market began a rally that has led to a total return of 72% for the S&P 500. Happy Anniversary? Not entirely. The next year is not likely to be anywhere near as rewarding as the past 12 months if our outlook for a transition from tailwinds to headwinds unfolds and if history repeats itself.
Download the latest market commenatary from LPL Financial Research here to read more on the outlook.