Think differently

We’re often bombarded with dramatic financial news, scary stories about falling markets or how world events could cause chaos for investors. It might seem simple for us to say ‘control your emotions’ but is it that easy when headlines are making a lot of noise about all the things we might need to worry about?

Our friends at Dimensional Fund Advisors have been working with Dave Goetsch, executive producer of The Big Bang Theory. He’s been helping them develop new ideas for communicating their knowledge to the public. And where better to start, than how his own view of investing has been transformed since the crash of 2009?

In this short article, he tells how accepting a few simple truths and listening to a good financial adviser has helped him worry less and be calm and confident about his long term plan.

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