When you study all the bear markets throughout history, one thing you'll notice is just how infrequently new all-time highs are seen during those periods.

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I don't know why, but August tends to have these big and out of the blue volatility events. Last year it was the yen carry trade unwind. We've had Iraq/Kuwait, debt downgrades, Russian Ruble, Asian contagion, etc over the years. Just buckle up is our advice.

Imagine being a grown adult who lets “news” influence portfolio decisions?

The S&P 500 is not the only thing hitting new all time highs today. Earnings estimates continue to surge to record highs. Fundamental justification for the market strength. 👇

The market gangster nails it again! Downtown Josh Brown Michael Batnick

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The CEO of Franklin Templeton Investments just said Future Proof that blockchain technology was going to transform the infrastructure of the financial system. Seems like I’ve heard that somewhere else. 🤔 Thomas (Tom) Lee (not drummer) FSInsight.com Carrie Presley Sean Farrell

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Is this like the BLS data now?!

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“About once every two years the market falls 10%. Every six years the market’s going to have a 25% decline. That’s all you need to know. You need to know that the market’s going to go down sometimes. If you’re not ready for that, you shouldn’t own stocks.” – Peter Lynch

Lot of talk how valuations are 'high'. Here's another reminder there is virtually no correlation between P/E multiples and what the S&P 500 does the next year (R-squared of -0.01).

Shorting Thomas (Tom) Lee (not drummer) FSInsight.com?! Yikes.

At the peak, this current bull market was up 89%. This isn't even half the average 191% of the prior 11 bull markets.