How Can You Keep Calm When the Stock Market Falls?

The moment of terror when you see it: the stock market isn't just falling; the bottom is collapsing. All your investments and years of hard work are GONE in a puff of smoke and market panic. You immediately dial up your financial planner or log in to your account with one idea in mind: Sell! Sell! 

Okay, stop. The terror you feel is entirely understandable, but there's good news: It will probably be okay. You can and should keep calm when the market falls. Here's how.

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What Work Can You Do Ahead of Time?

Here's the thing: You have to remember that markets will rise and fall. That's just the way they operate. So you need not assume that a market crash won't happen: it almost certainly will. Instead, you need to structure your portfolio around a market crash and understand what to do when one almost certainly occurs.

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What does this mean? Diversify your portfolio. When the market crashes, your bottom line may take a hit, but you won't lose everything if you structure your portfolio right. This means you need to check out alternative investments, like real estate, which has shown remarkable potential for growth over the past few years.

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Can You Change Your Perspective?

There is a reason that the phrase "Buy the Dip" is so popular — it works. Remember, from a sheer historical perspective, markets will usually recover. When the market crashes, don't view it as a moment of panic. Remember the longer view: the market is going to recover. With that perspective, are there buying opportunities out there that you can take advantage of? Is the market changing and potentially encouraging you to shift your investments to another growing field, like multifamily real estate?

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How Can You Automate Your Investments?

Remember that you can automate your investments across various instruments, including the stock market, mutual funds, and real estate. Doing so can ensure you make investments without attempting to time the market. That action is virtually impossible. Remember, you need to take the long view when making market investments. 

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Automating your investments has many advantages. Chief among them is that it takes the stress out of investing. This strategy of investing — dollar cost averaging (DCA) — essentially means that you don't panic over your investments, and you continue to put the same amount of money into your various portfolios over time. As such, you don't determine the wealth of your portfolio by one investment. Instead, you do it by a series of acquisitions. DCA allows you to take advantage of market crashes and ensures your portfolio doesn't take a significant hit when the market dips. 

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