Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

How to Avoid Getting Sick From Financial Markets

Start with understanding what can, and cannot, be controlled.

June 20, 2018 at 4:21 PM UTC

Barry Ritholtz is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is chairman and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and was previously chief market strategist at Maxim Group. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

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Major stock indexes have given up much of their year-to-date gains after the past several days of selling. The year is days away from being half over, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is up a few percentage points, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is little changed for 2018.

If your investments are down for the year, take solace in the knowledge that they probably will recover. That’s what usually happens. The bigger question is: Will you?