Pessimists Vs Optimists - While Investing 1987 - The Crash -Black Monday. 1988 - Fear of Recession. 1989 - Junk Bond collapse. 1990 - Gulf War, worst market decline in 16 years. 1991 - Recession - "Market too high" 1992 - Elections, market flat. 1993 - Businesses continue restructuring. 1994 - Interest rates are going up 1995 - The market is too high. 1996 - Fear of Inflation. 1997 - Irrational Exuberance. 1998 - Asia Crisis. 1999 - Y2K. 2000 - Technology Correction. 2001 - Recession, WTC Attack. 2002 - Corporate Accounting Scandals. 2003 - Iraq War. 2004 - US has massive trade & budget deficits 2005 - Record oil & gas prices. 2006 - Housing bubble bursts. 2007 - Sub-prime mortgage crisis. 2008 - Banking & Credit crisis. 2009 - Recession - "Credit Crunch" 2010 - Sovereign debt crisis 2011 - Eurozone crisis 2012 - US fiscal cliff 2013 - Federal Reserve to "taper" stimulus 2014 - Oil prices plunge. 2015 - Chinese stock market sell-off. 2016 - Brexit, U.S. presidential election. 2017 - Stocks at record highs, Bitcoin mania. 2018 - Trade Wars, rising interest rates. 2019 - India GDP 5%. 2020 - Covid Fall. 2021 - Third Wave Fear. 2022 - Inflation. Most of us will always find why not to invest but sensex is up more than 250x in past 40 years. We tend to agree more on any bearish argument. *Always Remember * "One can create Money by investing in Bull Market but one can create Fortune by investing in Bear Market" Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money - Nat Friedman. 730 views10:54
