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Recessions have been relatively small blips in economic history<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Over the last 70 years, the U.S. has been in an official recession less than 15% of all months.
\n\u2022 Moreover, the net longer term economic impact of most recessions has been relatively small.<\/p>\n

Recessions are painful, but expansions have been powerful<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t fear the bear<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Over the last 70 years, bear markets have been relatively short with limited losses when compared to the powerful bull markets that have followed.
\n\u2022 Aggressive market-timing moves during a downturn, such as shifting an entire portfolio into cash, can backfire.<\/p>\n

Bear markets have been relatively short compared to bull markets<\/strong><\/p>\n

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