What You Need to Know!

The benefits of maintaining a long-term perspective.   History is unique, but not different. Although, it can be difficult to watch your portfolio dip with the market, it is important to keep in mind that downturns can be painful but have always been a temporary part of the process.   In the last forty years, we have seen thirteen corrections and eight bear markets in global equities. That is about one every other year. Over the last forty years, global equities have increased by a magnitude of seventeen times. Behavioral finance can be quite comical in the sense that people want more of something when the price increases and less of it when the price declines. We think it should be the exact opposite. Legendary investor Warren Buffett says, "he likes his stocks the way he likes his socks... on sale."    During periods of market volatility, it is important that...