Capital Group: How some RIAs prepare clients for market downturns

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

When the stock market goes into a tailspin, individual investors often get jittery and some choose to bail on stocks. But veteran RIAs know that such client behavior is counterproductive, as it usually ends up having a negative impact on investment returns.
 
Market drawdowns are not uncommon, as demonstrated at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Between February 19 and March 23, the S&P 500 Index, which tracks the price of the largest U.S. listed public companies, fell by 33.9%, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis database. The market bounced back within a few months after the crash. Read more here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Holyrood vs Parliament in the pandemic

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: The Bears and the Bulls look to history. Edinburgh Scotland

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WABC Radio with Frank Morano: Discussing the Folly of Crypto Investing

By SIMON CONSTABLE

About half way through the February 2, 2022 broadcast Frank and I discuss crypto.

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Forbes: "Challenging Year" Ahead For Wall Street Investors - CFRA

By SIMON CONSTABLE

One month into 2022 and Wall Street losses mount. Worse still, the remaining 11 months of the year likely won’t be pretty for Wall Street investors.

Through Friday the SPDR S&P 500 exchange-traded fund, which tracks the S&P 500 index, was down 3.6%, while the Nasdaq index had lost 6.9% over the same period, according to data from Yahoo! Finance. Read more here.

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Forbes: History Says Federal Reserve-Induced Stock Rout Won’t Last

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Do investors need to worry that the recent slide in the stock market will continue?

Maybe not, if you believe that stock prices are falling because investors see imminent increases in the cost of borrowing money. Read more here.

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Forbes: Ukraine -- “Putin Created This Crisis, And Only Putin Can End It” — Military Expert

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Investors should rightly be concerned about the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Read more here.

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