US Market Warnings – And What We Can Do About It
Informed Decisions Independent Financial Planning & Money Podcast
Release Date: 02/18/2025
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Specifically, the following are the claims/alarms being flagged;
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US Tech stocks have gone so incredibly well for several years, these companies, and the US is now over-priced and make up larger proportions of Globally Market than they ‘should’.
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The future expected returns from S&P500 as a whole, so people ‘should’ now re-allocate to Europe, Emerging Markets and other locations, for future returns
I hope it helps.