News cycles can be negative, while the stock market continues to trend upwards in 2023. Market sell-offs tend to feed upon itself, culminating in a few days of intense losses — but this is always temporary. Most of the time, bad years are followed by good recovery years.

It has been 14 years since the last significant market sell-off and now we are here again!

Lately, financial media have been pushing out opinions from billionaires, banks, investment managers and just about anybody who wants to appear smart, on the breadth, depth and scope of the “upcoming recession”. So what does all of this mean to you and your money?

When people think about impending recessions and its effects on the markets, the response is rarely a positive one. But can data provide a case for the silver lining of recessions?

Markets are a funny animal and has notably risen 10% since our last few articles about bear markets and recession worries. Given what is going on around the world now investment strategists are calling this current market condition a “bear market rally”. So which is it? Bull or Bear?