This Is Your Brain on a Crashing Stock Market

Image Credit: Giuseppe Arcimboldo, “Fire” (1566), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

It isn’t just your portfolio that’s getting pounded. You are, too.

Every financial asset is falling at once, and the economy itself seems to be imploding. All investors — individuals and professionals alike — need to understand the havoc this kind of stress wreaks on the human brain. To keep it from destroying your long-term investing plan, you will need to manage that stress and restore a sense of control.

 

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This article was originally published on The Wall Street Journal.

Further reading

Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor