Doing Nothing Can Be a Strategic Response to a Market Crash

In my post of earlier this week, I described the tactical money moves I made in response to the failure of Lehman brothers.  This included a strategic decision to stand pat in our retirement portfolio asset allocations. 

Since then, the news has remained negative, with the U.S. stock market dropping another 4% on Wednesday and Asian markets continuing to fall as I am writing this.  These developments have caused Mr. ToughMoneyLove to question the wisdom of his decision to stay the course.  Indeed, am I insanely confident in our so-called “all weather” portfolio? Read more