How should we invest should markets turn bearish? - Indices review as of 10May2022
Summary of the indices - let us look at the macro market to understand how the markets are performing. Are we entering a recession or a technical recession? Forbes defines the following as a recession ? During a recession, the economy struggles, people lose work, companies make fewer sales and the country's overall economic output declines. The point where the economy officially falls into a recession depends on a variety of factors. The business times define a technical recession as the following: A technical recession occurs when the gross domestic product (GDP) contracts on a sequential basis for 2 consecutive quarters. What is the difference between a market correction and a bear market? Schwab defines the following for correction and bear market : The general definition of a market correction is a market decline that is more than 10%, but less than 20%. A bear market is usually defined as a decline of 20% or greater. A death cross (using a 1D chart) takes place when the 5...