Jill Schlesinger

A friend recently contacted me asking whether I had time to review her investment accounts. She prefaced the meet-up with this note: "I'm waiting for the market to drop before putting my recent, big commission payment into the market."

This came within days of another message from a listener: "Should I do something with my 401(k) before the bottom falls out?" If only we knew when that was going to be!

I'm often asked to peek into portfolios when stock market indexes reach new highs or after gut-wrenching plunges. In both cases, I say, "I have no idea what is going to happen in the short term."

Perhaps that’s due to the fact that I have been at this for almost 40 years, which would qualify me as a “seasoned investor.” In fact, a more apt metaphor from the cooking world

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