By Matthew Carr One afternoon in my 20s changed my outlook on investing, volatility and the markets.
It altered the course of my life, even though I didn’t know it at the time.
We were going through a difficult, tumultuous stretch.
Everything was falling.
I turned to my markets editor, nearly in a panic, and asked, “Should we tell our people to sell? Should we get out?”
He calmly stood up, walked over to my desk and said, “Pull up a historic chart of the S&P 500.”
“Find me the Great Depression…
“Show me Black Monday…
“Show me Black Tuesday. Point out any of the darkest days in the market’s …read more
