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This may be the time to put that adage to work!! We can fall prey to the incessant negativity around us:
Yes, the US bull market that started in early March of 2009 has come to an end. Did anyone truly expect that it was going to last forever?
Yes, the US economy is may post some bad numbers over the next couple of months or quarters. Does anyone think the US economy will no longer exist in 2021?
So how do we turn the lemons represented by the end of a historically long bull market into lemonade? Here are a few things to consider:
Convert Traditional IRA assets to a Roth:
Do you have a large IRA? With market values down, the tax bite to convert is reduced.
Individuals on Medicare: Don’t convert so much that you end up paying higher Medicare Premiums for a year.
Tax loss harvesting: In times like these some of our managers will book losses in order to reinvest elsewhere. A loss that is realized today can be used to offset capital gains in the future.
Reinvestments of dividends and capital gains: Most of our clients have are weighted towards larger companies that pay dividends and bonds that generate interest. Dividends and interest will now be reinvested at these lower levels.
Very good companies are on sale: Everyone prefers buying a product when it is on sale, why wouldn’t you buy a piece of the company that makes the item when the company is on sale?
If you have excess money sitting in the bank earning next to nothing, consider buying a portfolio of good companies while they are on sale!
Diversified portfolios are designed to reduce exposure to down markets. We cannot think of a single client who is 100% invested in stocks. The bonds in your portfolio cushion the impact of a negative stock market.
In closing: Bouts of market volatility are an unnerving, but normal, feature of long-term investing. They’re not fun, but you should expect market declines periodically throughout your investing career. As such, our investing principles don’t change when the investment markets are down, and yours shouldn’t either.
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