Next Bear Market

This is a Buy Sell Advisor that I recently received. It is asking readers to think back to the 2000 and 2008 markets and is asking how you felt at that time. It is a valid question. They are right that the current bull market is rather long in the tooth.

What I did re 2000 and 2008, and what I did in other times of bear markets, I just rode them out. The following chart show how I did through the recent bear markets. I did nothing to my portfolios to counter them. You can see I did fine from the chart below.

YOY is year over year and Y to Beg is year to beginning of the period, either 31 August 2000 or 30 May 2008. I only keep track of my stocks monthly so I have to use values at the end of months.

Date	TSX			My Portfolio
	Value	YOY	Y to Beg.	YOY	Y to Beg.
31-Aug-00	11,248
30-Sep-02	6,180	-45.06%	-45.06%	-30.92%	-30.92%
30-May-08	14,715	138.11%	30.82%	70.68%	17.90%
27-Feb-09	8,845	-39.89%	-21.36%	-30.81%	-18.42%
31-Dec-13	13,622	54.01%	21.11%	99.14%	62.46%
30-May-08	14,715
27-Feb-09	8,845	-39.89%	-39.89%	-30.81%	-30.81%
31-Dec-13	13,622	54.01%	-7.43%	99.14%	37.79%

People are still talking about the next bear market and it will come. It just is hard to say when this will happen. However, I will do what I always do and wait it out.

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