| Editor's Note: In volatile markets like these, it's easy to get sucked into negativity in the news. Some of you might feel like your financial future is eroding before your very eyes. Our friend Alexander Green, the Chief Investment Strategist at The Oxford Club, thinks just the opposite. In today's guest article, he explains why you shouldn't be alarmed by the current markets. If anything, you should be excited for the future. These findings are exactly why whenever journalist and longtime Oxford Club Member Bill O'Reilly feels uncertain about the financial future, he turns to Alex. Recently, the two sat down to talk about Alex's next wealth-creating prediction... and Alex's answer left Bill stunned. Yes, we just faced a turbulent 2022, to say the least... but according to Alex, a series of events is coming that will lead to more wealth creation in the next two years than there was in the past two decades combined. In Alex and Bill's sit-down interview, they discuss four breakout "buy now" stocks that are destined to lead to massive growth in the years to come. Learn more about Alex's stunning revelation here. - Ryan Fitzwater, Associate Publisher
Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist, The Oxford Club Look back through history and start whenever you choose. You'll find the rolling returns for different asset classes are remarkably consistent. And equities win in a landslide. Since 1926, the stock market has generated a positive return in 71 out of 96 years. Historically, the odds of making money in the U.S. stock market are 50-50 in one-day periods, 68% in one-year periods, 88% in 10-year periods and 100% in 20-year periods. (That's something to remember whenever stock prices start wilting like last week's roses, as they have recently.) Stocks are not simply red or green electronic blips - or sheets of paper with corporate names on them. A share of stock is a fractional interest in a business. When a company issues stock, each purchaser has the right to share in the fortunes of the business. The gangbuster returns from equities surprise some folks, especially those listening to the permabears. For instance, a reader recently forwarded me this excerpt: Stocks hit a high in 1929, after which investors waited 27 years (inflation adjusted) for a new high. Measured from the bottom, in 1932, prices rose for 34 years to reach the next top, in 1966. Then, it was down again, with investors in a losing trade for the next 29 years. Finally, in 1995, the Dow traded once again (inflation adjusted) at levels last seen in 1966.
Sounds scary. However, it's highly misleading. | 
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