How Advisors Can Help Clients and Media Understand Volatility

Summary: The longest bull market in stock market history celebrated its 10th anniversary in March of this year. It’s been a great run which has helped most people recoup the losses their portfolios suffered in the great 2007-2008 global market meltdown. But it hasn’t always been a smooth ride as was painfully obvious in the fourth quarter of last year as volatility reared its ugly head in a big way.