Sometimes your portfolio may pass through periods of under-performance compared to the overall market. It happens with great investors too! Practice patience.
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With world stock markets pumped full of newly-printed cash, some people are calling for a major correction: stock valuations don’t seem to reflect earnings or profits or anything else which used to be a measure of value. Where do you think we’re headed, Robert?
I think we will see a correction sometime soon, but that’s okay. The problem is the growth is very bi-polar right now. There are some sectors growing widely, and many other areas are not. Until the total economy grows, we will see boom/bust cycles.