One of the pillars of economic theory is rational behavior by the consumer.

Half the country is about irrational as it gets.

When the shouts for boycotts and talk of tariffs die down, cooler heads prevail.

Most of the beating lately was due to two single stocks:
AMZN
FB

The long game is where the money is made. Hang in. Do not behave irrationally. Good choices will still double your money in a few years. As AMZN and FB show, don't trade single stocks as a large portion of your portfolio, there's simply too much risk and you can't know enough about them to be able to trade them efficiently and effectively. There are funds that beat the market. Most traders (I've seen figures at 90% or more) can't beat the market, particularly net of fees, etc... so the best bet is a low fee index or mutual fund that has a historical track record of marginally beating the indexes. It's not hard to find a fund that's looking (long term) at 20-30% per year.

What's interesting with rates rising again, short term opportunities may begin to arise for those nearing or in retirement that may prefer more liquid assets.

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