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Swartz: The market is at the beginning of a new cycle downturn

Jim Swartz · 20VC Special: Accel Founders Arthur Patterson and Jim Swartz on Building Accel Into One of the Most Prominent Venture Firms Over Four Decades, How Today's Market Compares To The Dot Com Bubble, How To Do Generational Transition Well and Why Accel Will Nev · Nov 8, 2021 · at 15:47

Accel co-founder Jim Swartz argues that sustained zero interest rates delayed a necessary market correction, which is now starting to trigger.

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“Money's just being thrown against the wall, so there's been no countervailing force to trigger the cycle. I personally think we're at the beginning of one right now, but we'll see.”

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The claim, plainly

The US market is at the beginning of a macro cycle downturn as of late 2021.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require that major US stock indices (e.g., S&P 500, NASDAQ) enter a bear market (a 20% or more drop from recent highs) within one year of November 8, 2021. Research shows that both the NASDAQ Composite and the S&P 500 entered bear markets within this timeframe: the NASDAQ reached bear market territory on March 7, 2022 (down 20.1% from its November 2021 high), and the S&P 500 entered a bear market on June 13, 2022 (down 21.8% from its January 2022 high). The Dow Jones Industrial Average also entered a bear market on September 26, 2022.

The NASDAQ Composite closed down 20.1% from its peak on March 7, 2022, entering a bear market.
The S&P 500 closed down 21.8% from its peak on June 13, 2022, entering a bear market.
Both major index entries into bear market territory occurred well before the November 8, 2022 resolution horizon.

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[1] loftadvisors.com [2] marottaonmoney.com [3] grokipedia.com [4] kiplinger.com [5] thestreet.com [6] wikipedia.org [7] marottaonmoney.com [8] realinvestmentadvice.com

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