14. How did your investment portfolio perform during the Covid-19 Crisis?
06/26/20 • 19 min
The past few months have been a real roller coaster ride in the stock market. Many people are fearful of the volatility in the stock market and are irrationally driven by fear to cash out of their strategy and become less inclined to invest in the future. In a March 2020 survey, over one third of adults reported that they were less likely to invest in the stock market based on what they knew about the coronavirus. Only 12 percent of respondents said they were more likely to invest. Hmmmm.... I think these statistics demonstrate panicked and NOT prudent decision making.
Check out this week's Fiscal Feminist blogpost for more on this important topic.
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Sources: Get Smarter About Money: https://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca/resources/covid-19-and-your-money/market-volatility-and-investor-behaviour/ Hartford Funds (charts): https://www.hartfordfunds.com/investor-insight/client-seminars/beyond-investment-illusions/reactions-to-volatility.html RBC: https://www.rbcgam.com/en/ca/learn-plan/investment-basics/understanding-the-relationship-between-volatility-and-returns/detail Capital Group: https://www.capitalgroup.com/advisor/ca/en/insights/content/articles/volatility-the-long-term-investors-unlikely-ally.html Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/volatility.asp Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehopkins/2019/10/30/4-ways-to-manage-sequence-of-returns-risk/#a2de07927eb9 Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sequence-risk.asp Blackrock: https://www.blackrock.com/pt/literature/investor-education/sequence-of-returns-one-pager-va-us.pdf Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/investing/importance-diversification/ Schwab: https://www.schwabmoneywise.com/public/moneywise/essentials/the_advantages_of_diversification US News: https://money.usnews.com/investing/investing-101/articles/why-diversification-is-important-in-inves...
The past few months have been a real roller coaster ride in the stock market. Many people are fearful of the volatility in the stock market and are irrationally driven by fear to cash out of their strategy and become less inclined to invest in the future. In a March 2020 survey, over one third of adults reported that they were less likely to invest in the stock market based on what they knew about the coronavirus. Only 12 percent of respondents said they were more likely to invest. Hmmmm.... I think these statistics demonstrate panicked and NOT prudent decision making.
Check out this week's Fiscal Feminist blogpost for more on this important topic.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Sources: Get Smarter About Money: https://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca/resources/covid-19-and-your-money/market-volatility-and-investor-behaviour/ Hartford Funds (charts): https://www.hartfordfunds.com/investor-insight/client-seminars/beyond-investment-illusions/reactions-to-volatility.html RBC: https://www.rbcgam.com/en/ca/learn-plan/investment-basics/understanding-the-relationship-between-volatility-and-returns/detail Capital Group: https://www.capitalgroup.com/advisor/ca/en/insights/content/articles/volatility-the-long-term-investors-unlikely-ally.html Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/volatility.asp Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiehopkins/2019/10/30/4-ways-to-manage-sequence-of-returns-risk/#a2de07927eb9 Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sequence-risk.asp Blackrock: https://www.blackrock.com/pt/literature/investor-education/sequence-of-returns-one-pager-va-us.pdf Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/investing/importance-diversification/ Schwab: https://www.schwabmoneywise.com/public/moneywise/essentials/the_advantages_of_diversification US News: https://money.usnews.com/investing/investing-101/articles/why-diversification-is-important-in-inves...
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