“Humor Lightens the Load” – September Commentary

Our last monthly commentary “Weird Words About a New Abnormal” attempted to update about the markets and a frequent question on investor’s minds – “After the significant financial market rebound, should I consider becoming more conservative (for various reasons)?”  The weird words were entertaining and appropriate for a heavy topical discussion.  Let’s take a cute (humorous) route this month.  Let’s lighten the load with some humor while discussing the current market action and outlook.  The biggest difference in people who demonstrate resilience and those who don’t is their perception – how they conceptualize traumatic or stressful life situations.  It’s all the little things that happen in your day-to-day life; how do you perceive them?  One way to change bad feelings is via good doses of humor.

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