Does Mental Turmoil Affect Your Stock Portfolio?
No one can be sure that July 2008 will be any better for the stock market than the previous month. Matters are not as bad in Brazil and Russia, but they too cannot remain free of the sentiment that sweeps North America, China, and major stock exchanges everywhere in the world. Acute financial distress adds destructive energies to frenzied worries. Day-trading has always been a stressful affair. Now, the plushest corridors of long-term investors are unstable as well. Premature stock exits and stop losses on derivatives may cause unnecessary distress. A calm mind helps to pull a financial portfolio out…