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Fiendish Thingy

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7. In the stock market (and bonds)

Fri Mar 20, 2026, 09:35 AM

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If you left the market in 1/20/25, you have missed significant gains, and your cash holdings have decreased in value due to inflation.

Hire a competent financial advisor and invest in a balanced diversified portfolio.

Our portfolio has weathered the crashes of 1987, 2001, 2008, and COVID and gone on to make significant gains and serve as an important source of our current retirement income.

The impact of Trump’s second term on the markets is nowhere near the losses of those crashes mentioned above- it’s not even as bad as the major drop last spring.

With Trump you must expect volatility, including inflation.

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