Story Book Time.

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They say a picture says a thousand words. So in the wake of the ongoing volatility and uncertainty in markets these past four weeks, we are going to spare our readers a 24,000 word op-ed on a Friday afternoon.

Thanks to the folks at Fidelity, today’s MWW is going to be largely visual. Fidelity has put together some fantastic illustrations that should help assure readers that market corrections are natural, normal, and part of healthy functioning market.

Please click here to view all of the illustrations.

A couple key points we would like to highlight:

• Emotions often lead people astray. Instead focus on fundamentals.
• Markets often experience multiple intra-year declines of 5-10%.
• After ups, there are downs. And after downs… There has always been an up.
• Focus on the long-term: $100,000 invested in 1960 would be worth $64,157,772 today.
• It’s about time in the market, not timing the market.
• Always diversify.
• And always reach out to us if you are feeling uneasy. We are here to help!

 

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