The bull market in bonds has hardly been noticed.
The basic buy-and-hold, set-it-and-forget-it style of investing has two major shortcomings.
These more unconventional times call for non-traditional strategies.
The delusion that a 60/40 portfolio protects an investor has to be smashed.
The S&P 500 has still not reached its previous highs or moved above the top of its downtrend channel.
The big question now is whether the market's recent solid gains are sustainable.