In this episode, Scott Becker discusses the recent recovery of the S&P 500 and shares five key investing principles.
Chapter 1: What is the current status of the S&P 500?
This is Scott Becker with the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast. Today's discussion is the S&P 500. So here's what's going on at the S&P 500. And this is the signal for investing, just something people should all think about as they look at investing. First, the S&P 500, after being down significantly this year, is now down about 4% year-to-date.
Chapter 2: What are the key lessons for investors from the S&P 500 recovery?
And that's simply a remarkable turnaround from being down nearly 15% to 20% at the height of the tariff scare. There's really three lessons that come out of this, at least. One is, you have to buy and hold for the long run. You can't, number two, try and time the market. That's a fool's errand.
And then the third lesson is, and we talk about this often, is you have to know your allocation of S. That's equities to bonds to cash. So you're not so overweighted in equities that when things go in the wrong direction, you don't panic and sell. So three quick thoughts. Buy and hold. Don't try to time the market. Know your allocation.
If I was going to add two more things onto that, have an emergency fund and also don't Get yourself in too much debt. Keep yourself out of too much debt. So five quick thoughts to go with the S&P. Thank you so much for listening to the Becker Private Equity and Business Podcast.