14. How did your investment portfolio perform during the Covid-19 Crisis‪?‬ The Fiscal Feminist

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:
TheBahnsenGroup.com
TheFiscalFeminist.com
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...