Portia wrote:
Five of eight indexes on our world watch list posted gains through March 20, 2023. France's CAC 40 finished in the top spot with a YTD gain of 8.33%. Germany's DAXK finished second with a YTD gain of 6.94%, and China's Shanghai moved to third with a YTD gain of 4.71%. London's FTSE 100 dropped into the red for the first time this year and is currently sitting at a YTD loss of 0.64%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng is also in the red for a second consecutive week and India's BSE SENSEX finished last with a loss of 5.28% YTD.
No matter what those stats say, it should NOT affect anyone's level of investing UNLESS you are within maybe 3 years of retirement, and even then, if you are on the way to having three YEARS of expenses saved (which is a GREAT way to be protected against a big downturn in retirement), you wouldn't even need to make any changes to your stock holdings or what you are putting in.