Staying the Course: How Market Headlines Impact Long-Term Investing

This is a discussion about why investors shouldn't let scary news headlines drive long-term investment decisions. The speakers review major events since 2020—including COVID-19, the meme-stock craze, the Russia–Ukraine war, regional bank failures, geopolitical tensions, tariff concerns, and conflict involving Iran. Their point is that each event generated significant fear and market volatility at the time, yet looking across the whole period, markets proved much more resilient than the headlines might have suggested