Let’s speculate for a moment and say you could go back to 2009 and invest $10,000 in the stock market. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the U.S. stock market went on to post year after year gains. In fact, after a relatively short five years, you’d be sitting on just over $28,400 today. Unfortunately, we don’t have a time machine. But we may have found the next best thing. All we have to do is look to Europe. The exact same conditions that led to the furious bull market in the U.S. are setting up across the pond… Read More
Let’s speculate for a moment and say you could go back to 2009 and invest $10,000 in the stock market. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the U.S. stock market went on to post year after year gains. In fact, after a relatively short five years, you’d be sitting on just over $28,400 today. Unfortunately, we don’t have a time machine. But we may have found the next best thing. All we have to do is look to Europe. The exact same conditions that led to the furious bull market in the U.S. are setting up across the pond today. #-ad_banner-#Let me explain… The financial crisis of 2008-2009 turned out to be the worst recession in nearly 80 years. We saw the collapse of banks, the bursting of a real estate bubble and plummeting stock prices around the world. Nothing was spared. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve acted quickly. The central bank cut the federal funds rate to zero and rolled out the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), designed to step in and save the banking sector by doling out $700 billion in taxpayer dollars. It also began purchasing billions of dollars in mortgage-backed securities and treasuries. And… Read More