Part 2

Keep Calm and Carry on Investing part 2

#2 Avoid the temptation to check your 401(k). 

The main thrust of the argument against checking your 401(k) and other retirement investment vehicles during choppy markets is so that you don’t end up selling your stocks at fire-sale prices in a panic. 

Studies from two behavioral economists Shlomo Benartzi and Richard Thaler, highlighted by a WSJ story, show that the more people look at their 401(k)s, the lower their long-term returns are likely to be. In fact, those who resist...

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