The 3 Steps Retired Investors Must Do Right Now To Stop Losing Money

Jeff Voudrie of Common Sense Advisors The 3 Steps Retired Investors Must Do Right Now To Stop Losing Money - Feb 4, 2016 The S&P 500 hit an all-time high in May of 2015 at 2130. It has been downhill since then with a free-fall in the index during the middle of August where it slid to 1867. Many investors were shocked at the 12% plunge but were relieved that the markets recovered over the next two months—or did they? On January 20th, 2016 the S&P 500 was back down to 1860 and it is becoming obvious to even the most bullish investors that we may not recover for quite a while. The S&P 500 isn’t the only stock market index that investors should pay attention to because it represents only a small part of the overall market and most brokerage firms and advisors have their clients invested in both big and small companies. The Russell 2000 represents the bulk of the stocks that are traded in the United States and it includes many medium and small companies that aren’t a part of the S&P 500, the NASDAQ or the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Russell 2000 set a high on June 23rd at 1295. Just a few weeks ago it was at 965 for a collapse of 26% from its all-time high. In other words, you’re lucky if you were just invested in the S&P 500 but most investors also had exposure to small and mid-cap stocks so their losses could be anywhere from 15-20%. To find out more visit http://jeffvoudrie.com/3-steps-retired-investors-must-do-right-now/ jeff@commonsenseadvisors.com More about Jeff Voudrie can be found at http://jeffvoudrie.com http://facebook.com/JeffVoudrieAdvisor https://twitter.com/JeffVoudrie https://plus.google.com/+JeffVoudrie/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffvoudrie/ https://youtu.be/_C1hz8Y_Gm4

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