{"id":2754,"date":"2016-02-08T10:53:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T17:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2016-02-08T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T17:53:43","slug":"dow-down-300-points-for-today-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/news\/dow-down-300-points-for-today-and\/","title":{"rendered":"Dow Down 300 Points for Today and&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily reminder of what this morning&#8217;s 300 point drop in the Dow Jones index looks like on a 5-year chart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/news\/dow-down-300-points-for-today-and\/attachment\/dow-5-year\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2755\" src=\"http:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dow-5-year.jpg\" alt=\"5 year dow chart\" width=\"1070\" height=\"470\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dow-5-year.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dow-5-year-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dow-5-year-768x337.jpg 768w, https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dow-5-year-550x242.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Remember, your time frame and risk tolerance are what matters. If those have changed, talk to your financial advisor, or re-evaluate your current asset allocation.<\/p>\n<p>If you are currently investing for a shorter time frame, you should know, and accept that this kind of volatility is very likely to continue while the stock market shakes out its &#8220;too fast&#8221; run up from the Great Recession to now, as well as global instability such as the American election, structural issues in <a href=\"http:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/news\/economy-news\/china-stock-market-panic-take-2\/\">China&#8217;s economy<\/a>, and whatever is going on in Europe this month.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this is the first time in a generation the oil industry and the economy in general has seen <a href=\"http:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/investing\/why-cheaper-oil-hurts-stocks\/\">oil prices this low<\/a>. It&#8217;s no wonder people aren&#8217;t really sure what to do.<\/p>\n<p>And, last, but definitely not least, don&#8217;t forget that most of this is computers trading amongst themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Stay smart and keep sight of your goals. Don&#8217;t overreact to short-term market news and events.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily reminder of what this morning&#8217;s 300 point drop in the Dow Jones index looks like on a 5-year chart. Remember, your time frame and risk tolerance are what matters. If those have changed, talk to your financial advisor, or re-evaluate your current asset allocation. If you are currently investing for a shorter time frame, you should know, and accept that this kind of volatility is very likely to continue while the stock market shakes out its &#8220;too fast&#8221; run up from the Great Recession to now, as well as global instability such as the American election, structural issues in China&#8217;s economy, and whatever is going on in Europe this month. Also, this is the first time in a generation the oil industry and the economy in general has seen oil prices this low. It&#8217;s no wonder people aren&#8217;t really sure what to do. And, last, but definitely not least, don&#8217;t forget that most of this is computers trading amongst themselves. Stay smart and keep sight of your goals. Don&#8217;t overreact to short-term market news and events. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[662,502,509],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-stock-market","tag-stocks","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/financegourmet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}