While any negative performance can be difficult, negative fixed income returns can feel particularly shocking. No one can predict what will happen moving forward but having a plan you can stick with may help in short‐term periods of volatility.
If you somehow made it through 2021 without thinking about crypto, after this year’s Superbowl, there’s no hiding from it.
When most people think of retirement planning, they only consider building up a “nest egg” that will be big enough to last a lifetime. That is certainly part of it, but one of the most important aspects of preparing for retirement is the qualitative soft side of the plan.
While we can’t predict what happens next or what future headlines will read, we know that this conflict might raise some questions about your portfolio.
Markets have experienced volatility in recent weeks, but price movements don’t mean that it’s time to abandon ship. Prices move as investors incorporate information, good or bad, and reflect their expectations about the future in their trades.