Great topic. Personally, what helps me is remembering that even a 40 percent drop just takes us back a couple of calendar pages, not to financial zero. If I can mentally treat that rewind as the market putting quality assets on sale, it feels less like a threat and more like an opportunity. As a fellow long-term investor, these resets are the price of admission for the potential returns we are all hoping to earn.
Thanks for recommending 'The Power of Cash by Jay Zagorsky'. I have enjoyed listening to the audio book version on Hoopla thru my local public library.
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Great topic. Personally, what helps me is remembering that even a 40 percent drop just takes us back a couple of calendar pages, not to financial zero. If I can mentally treat that rewind as the market putting quality assets on sale, it feels less like a threat and more like an opportunity. As a fellow long-term investor, these resets are the price of admission for the potential returns we are all hoping to earn.
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Opportunity cost is a real dilemma that people often overlook when making spending choices like the ones you describe.
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Thanks for recommending 'The Power of Cash by Jay Zagorsky'. I have enjoyed listening to the audio book version on Hoopla thru my local public library.
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