America's Biggest Economic Concern Isn't North Korea. Laughably, It's This

America's Biggest Economic Concern Isn't North Korea. Laughably, It's This

Can you believe it's been nearly eight years and seven months since the U.S. stock market firmly put in a bottom, and more than eight years since the Great Recession ended? Though economic downturns and stock market corrections are a natural part of the economic cycle -- we've had 35 corrections in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) of 10% or more, when rounded to the nearest whole number, since 1950 -- this bull market, and the current U.S. economy, have been unstoppable.

However, the idea hasn't been lost on Americans that economic cycles, including growth downturns and stock market corrections, are normal.

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