Heading down: global equities fell again yesterday as conditions on Wall Street deteriorated and investors braced for more bad news.
Heading down: global equities fell again yesterday as conditions on Wall Street deteriorated and investors braced for more bad news.
Heading down: global equities fell again yesterday as conditions on Wall Street deteriorated and investors braced for more bad news.
Heading down: global equities fell again yesterday as conditions on Wall Street deteriorated and investors braced for more bad news.

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The sky is not falling

It has just sloped downwards. Still, questions linger: Should you trade stocks in for cash? Are your emerging markets investments safe? Asa Fitch offers some answers.

Asa Fitch

September 16, 2008

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Does the crisis on Wall Street have you panicking about your portfolio or obsessively checking your accounts to see how much you have lost in the markets' widening turmoil? If so, take a deep breath, relax, light a candle and check your chi. Worry will get you no further than a spate of impulse trading, which can only notch up brokers' fees and possibly derail your savings and retirement plans. Yes, the market's recent yo-yo may rightly lead to a few smart tweaks to your investments. But before you make a rash move that you may live to regret, consider the answers to these questions:

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