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If they take their money out of the market, their dollars aren’t making any return. It’s at these times that many beginning investors are left with a bit of a conundrum. At the same time, downward pressure from the bears starts to take hold, pushing the market into what’s known as a bear market.ĭuring a bear market, significant declines are experienced. As such, these investors hesitate to open positions or add to current positions. After a bull run, high valuations nearing or at resistance lead to fear among investors. Stock values rise, and investors on the bullish side start to count their profits.Įvery once in a while, the bears take hold. When the bulls outpace the bears, the market is considered to be a bull market. On the other side of the coin, bears - those who expect declines in the values of securities - are selling assets. On one side, the bulls - investors who believe securities will rise - are buying assets, hoping to bank on the growth. Because the Sparks family covers all operational expenses of the foundation, 100% of donations are devoted to programs.The stock market is a balancing act. Between the foundation, and the personal gifts of the Sparks family, more than $15 million dollars have been distributed to deserving charities, scholarship programs, and projects.

The Nicholas Sparks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to improving cultural and international understanding through global education experiences for students of all ages was launched in 2011. In 2009, the team he coached at New Bern High School set a World Junior Indoor Record in the 4x400 meter, in New York.

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As a former full scholarship athlete (he still holds a track and field record at the University of Notre Dame) he also spent four years coaching track and field athletes at the local public high school. He co-founded The Epiphany School in New Bern, North Carolina in 2006. He contributes to a variety of local and national charities, and is a major contributor to the Creative Writing Program (MFA) at the University of Notre Dame, where he provides scholarships, internships, and a fellowship annually. The Notebook is also being adapted into a musical, featuring music and lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson.

His twenty-third novel, Dreamland, will be published on September 20, 2022.įilm adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including The Choice, The Longest Ride, The Best of Me, Safe Haven (on all of which he served as a producer), The Lucky One, Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song, have had a cumulative worldwide gross of over three-quarters of a billion dollars. It was published in 1996 and he followed with the novels Message in a Bottle (1998), A Walk to Remember (1999), The Rescue (2000), A Bend in the Road (2001), Nights in Rodanthe (2002), The Guardian (2003), The Wedding (2003), True Believer (2005) and its sequel, At First Sight (2005), Dear John (2006), The Choice (2007), The Lucky One (2008), The Last Song (2009), Safe Haven (2010), The Best of Me (2011), The Longest Ride (2013), See Me (2015), Two by Two (2016), Every Breath (2018), The Return (2020) and The Wish (2021) as well as the 2004 non-fiction memoir Three Weeks With My Brother, co-written with his brother Micah. Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with over 105 million copies sold worldwide, in more than 50 languages, including over 75 million copies in the United States alone. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s most beloved storytellers. and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards. a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.īut even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her.

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Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating love story filled with suspense and mystery.

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