How should a Real Estate Professional invest in the Stock Market?

[James Park]

I understand that any stock market discussion would be frowned upon within the Bigger pockets community as many may perceive the equities market as a loser's game. Since my early 20s, I've always been fascinated by understanding cycles in the equity market and demographics changes in the real estate market.

Below you will see the 110 years of 18 years of secular bull and bear markets. You can also see the 40 year Dollar chart where the dollar rises between 6-7 years and drops 9-10 years every cycle. The commodity cycle peaks every 30 years in 1920, 1950, 1980, 2010. With Gold peaking in the spring of 2011 aligns perfectly with the U.S. dollar bottoming around the same time at an index of 72, starting is 6-7 year bear market rally which aligns with the 2018, the end of the 18 year secular bear market. We are currently 14 years into the secular bear market.  

1930 - 1948 - Secular Bear
1948 - 1964 - Secular Bull
1964 - 1982 - Secular Bear
1982 - 2000 - Secular Bull
2000 - 2018 - Secular Bear
2018 - 2036 - Secular Bull  

DOW 1900 - 1920

DOW 1920 - 1940

DOW 1940 - 1960

DOW 1960 - 1980

DOW 1980 - 2000

DOW 2000 - 2014

40 year Dollar Chart.