In 2018, during an uncomfortably prolonged period of see-sawing fluctuations on the US stock market, the bookseller Barnes & Noble reported that sales of books on anxiety rose by 26%. We can only imagine how sales of anxiety-related titles have fared in recent weeks as markets across the globe have swung violently on an almost daily basis.
If the market’s extreme volatility has served one purpose, it has been to highlight the need for investors to keep their finances in decent shape. History may reassure us that over the long term equities outperform cash, but in the meantime, investors continue to ask how they should react today.
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