When it comes to stock market investing, what creates the most anxiety and fear? Usually, it's when the markets are behaving erratically. Put another way, it's when the markets are volatile. Or to put it yet another way, it's during virtually every short-term measurable time period.
It would be tough to find any period of time when the stock market wasn't behaving in some sort of unpredictable way. Even in a bull market, there are always times when the party appears to be over and people start to head for the hills. And for most investors, that's exactly the wrong thing to do.
Why is volatility not risk? And why is it important to know that? Find out more from podcast host Johnny Dean and "Professor" Rick Plum, CFP® on this week's episode of Managing Your Financial Future!