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Year-End Updates Part III
by Team of Crestmont Research, 2/6/20

The third and final set of year-end updates to the Crestmont Research.
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Crestmont Research Year-End Updates Part I
by Team of Crestmont Research, 1/7/20

As long as good economic conditions prevail, significant downside risk in the stock market is likely to be deferred, and the market will likely benefit from its current momentum.
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Quarterly Commentary
by Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research, 7/10/17

This article explores the value of understanding and assessing the environment over your investment horizon. Market weather may be hard to predict, but market climate can be credibly determined.
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Quarterly Commentary
by Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research, 4/6/17

Many people don't realize that recessions are relatively common and frequent. Before 1930, recessions occurred equally 1 to 4 times per decade. After 1930, recessions occur once per decade about a third of the time and twice per decade about two-thirds of the time. If history is a guide, we should expect 1 to 2 recessions each decade.
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Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles
by Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research, 10/7/16

The word secular originates from a series of Latin words that mean an extended period of time or an era. It is actually closer to you than you might realize.
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Exit from Wonderland: Change Is Now on the Horizon
by Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research, 8/13/15
Many investors and advisors are unsure about the current financial market environment. They have been wrestling with how to weight equities and whether to include alternative investments. Although equities have performed well in recent years, many alternatives have lagged expectations. This should not be surprising: the financial world is operating just as the Fed has intended.
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Nightmare on Wall Street: This Secular Bear Has Only Just Begun
by Ed Easterling of Crestmont Research, 7/2/12
Secular bull markets are great parties. Investors arrive from secular bears really wanting to take the edge off. As the bull proceeds, above-average returns become intoxicating. By the time it is over, the past decade or two has delivered bountiful returns. In contrast, secular bears seem like hangovers. They are awakenings that strip away the intoxication, leaving a sobering need for an understanding of what has happened.
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