This is what you should do in late-cycle markets
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Adopting highly defensive portfolios too prematurely can come with significant cost to returns. But trying to time markets invariably deliverers inferior returns.
Adopting highly defensive portfolios too prematurely can come with significant cost to returns. But trying to time markets invariably deliverers inferior returns.
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