Episode 15: How Volatile Markets Affect Your Investor Psychology and What You Can Do About It

Podcast, Portfolio Investing
24 May, 2022

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Wade and Alex take the events from the current market downturn and discuss how our psychological make up becomes our own worst enemy when it comes to investment and retirement decisions we make under times of extreme market volatility.

We discuss how you utilize an effective framework to set up guardrails that help you make better investment and retirement income decisions going forward.

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