Markets

A Wild Ride

Markets cratered this week, heading into correction territory, and then bounced right back.1 And then continued bucking and kicking the next day. Weird, right?

Not really. These things happen pretty regularly when investors get jittery. Let’s talk about what’s going on. (Scroll to the end if you just want my soothing takeaways.)

What led to the giant selloff?

A few things: Fears around the Federal Reserve raising interest rates and what rapidly removing support could do to markets and the economy. (2) Inflation worries (it's at a 40-year high). (3) Tech earnings. (4) A potential hot war in Ukraine. (5)

Bottom line: markets are being driven by fear, anxiety, and uncertainty.

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Truths About Portfolio Losses

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Whenever markets turn negative, folks often ask: should I get out of the market? Should I sell? 

In this quick video, I drop some truths about what you can do when your portfolio is dropping. Truths that you may not see in the headlines. Cheers!

Omicron: Market Unknowns (and some uplifting news!)

Let’s talk about omicron. (If you’d rather not, scroll right down to the P.S. for something beautiful!)

Since the first known cases of COVID-19 were detected in China, we've seen a number of notable mutations as the virus moved across the world. Some, like beta and gamma, didn’t end up being a huge deal.(1) Others, like delta, spread rapidly and caused new waves of infection. Now we have another variant on our hands: omicron. And it could be a serious one.