Why You Should Be Optimistic in 2025

By Brett Eversole

"You're starting at a good time," my new boss told me...

"Everyone thought the world was ending last year," he continued. "But it didn't. And now, there are opportunities everywhere."

At the time, I could hardly explain the difference between a stock and a bond. So I dumbly nodded my head, trying to soak up as much knowledge as I could.

It was the summer of 2010, a little more than a year after the stock market hit bottom. I had just come on board at Stansberry Research. And while I hardly realized it, it was an incredible time for investors.

The worst of the crisis was over. The economy had stabilized... sentiment was slowly improving... and stock prices were rising. It was the perfect formula.

And if you'd bought back then and