There are some very basic things about investing that few people ever seem to fully grasp. The most obvious is that investing at low prices is better than investing at high prices. I should be able to end this piece here and let you figure out the implications, but since they seem so little understood I feel compelled to explain some.
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When the stock market exhibits more than the usual short-term ups and downs, investors’ thoughts typically turn to managing risk. Although it is usually not desirable to eliminate risk, there are strategies that may help to manage the volatility of your portfolio. A diversified investment mix, a focus on large cap growth stocks, and exposure to active portfolio managers may all help you deal with greater market volatility.
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I am happy to report that, in my opinion, the mountain of a problem that sub prime mortgages supposedly represented did turn out to be more like a molehill. Yet again, the media blew a smallish problem for the economy and financial markets way out of proportion. And financial markets have largely recovered from the scare. Broad equity indexes like the Dow, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ have completely recovered from the trough hit in mid-August.