STAYING THE COURSE THE DISCIPLINE BEHIND LONG-TERM INVESTMENT SUCCESS
ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES INVESTORS OFTEN FACE IS NOT SELECTING THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS, it’s maintaining the discipline to stay the course of their investment plan and goals when equities become volatile.
Periods of market volatility can be unsettling. Negative, doom and gloom headlines become more frequent and pronounced, predictions of an impending problem can circulate in the news, and downward daily market movement can seem more significant than it really is. It’s only natural to feel concerned when account values temporarily decline; however, history has consistently demonstrated that market volatility is not an anomaly, rather, it’s a normal and expected part of long-term investing and not something to fear.
