A Portfolio for Turbulent Times

While it’s always important to maintain a diversified portfolio, it’s especially vital to remain diversified during volatile market conditions.  Be careful not to get caught up in any panic selling and maintain your focus on long-term goals.  History shows that cataclysmic events that prompted short-term market losses later led to a more stable investing climate.

Remember that even in good times the value of stocks and bonds go up as well as down.  When the market is experiencing more volatile movements, gains and losses can seem enormous.  It’s important to keep your long-term strategy in mind when experiencing these changes and realize that they can balance themselves out over time.

Most successful investors take the long-term view – at least five years – rather than expecting stellar returns overnight or panicking when the value of their securities decline.  A diversified investment strategy can be a helpful approach regardless of whether the economy is booming or experiencing a downturn.

Bruce Bates, Financial Advisor
Bouchard-Bates-Ripsam-Boxleitner
Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors
1073 N. Lincoln Ave.
Loveland, CO 80537
(970)619-5525
(800)758-1652

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