By most measures, 2016 was a pretty good year for the stock market as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poors 500 finished the year up 13.4% and 9.5%, respectively. Additionally, knowing you have four years worth of cash needs that have not been invested in the market can help you emotionally deal with any market decline because you won’t need to sell those stocks at a bad time. You should always be aware of how much of your portfolio is exposed to the stock market so you know how much will be affected by short-term swings in the market.
What 2016 can teach us about stock market volatility in 2017 – New York Daily News
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