economic turmoil

PATTY WOLFE, Patty Wolfe Media Group  If I could live the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis all over again, I would certainly make different decisions. Anyone can make money in up markets, but it takes smart strategy and courage to capitalize on the down turns. I had neither. I was nervous. I played it conservatively. I removed risk wherever I perceived it. I wanted to be safe. That pretty much shut down my creative thinking. Opportunities abound in down markets, but I missed them all, especially the ones sitting...

Aside from the threats to life and health, the global coronavirus pandemic has created massive economic and socio-political turmoil and fear over a short time span. In times like this--there haven't been many quite like this in recent years, except for the economic meltdown of 2008 and the crash of 1987 (Black Monday)--it's difficult to see the forest for the trees, but the worry some people have that things have changed for the worse is clear and real. Dr. Anthony Fauci said so himself. The Director of the National Institute...