Personal Finance and Investing

A lot of people thought that Trump's election would mean a huge drop in the market and they sold. The market is up quite a bit since November 2016, and is still up since that date.

A lot also depends on when you first bought. Right now we seem to be in a long overdue correction. And that is a good thing.

Keep in mind that stocks go up and stocks go down. Staying invested in the long term and being diversified are basically no-fail strategies.

I am down about 5% in recent days because of the decline in the market. Which is itself down about 10%. My lesser decline is a tribute to a good financial advisor who has me in investments that are a bit more conservative than the market as a whole, so my downside exposure is a lot less than the market. My upside is also a bit less, but I'm very pleased with how my investments have done in recent years.