Do some pruning

Take a look at this chart from itrade4real.com: http://tinyurl.com/5p3hyo

  • Study the chart for a moment. The red line is our current market. To me it means that this decline is much faster but just as deep as our worst. And it could also mean we are not half way through it.  We need more time to heal this.
  • It is important to maintain some sane routine during markets like this.  Go for your daily walk, go to the gym if only for thirty minutes, turn off CNBC, or, as my older sister does, prune.  She grabs the pruners and heads outside.  I did the same thing this morning, plucked off a dozen wayward limbs and azalea branches then came back inside feeling much better.  Prune!