Why it’s hard to be a bear in a bear market

It’s every trader’s fantasy – being the only one to see a bear market coming and profiting off of it while everyone else loses money. It’s hard to say why so many pundits, investors, macroeconomic experts, traders and portfolio managers fantasize about this scenario, but it’s undeniable that they do.

Michael Batnick contributed a new blog post with some awesome charts to Inside ETFs the other day. In it, he explains why it’s actually harder to be a bear during a bear market than it is to be a bull during a bull market…

The difficulty of being a bear in a bear market, read Michael’s post for Inside ETFs here.

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