{"id":626,"date":"2020-04-03T13:39:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/?p=626"},"modified":"2020-04-03T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:39:38","slug":"financial-woulda-coulda-shoulda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/?p=626","title":{"rendered":"Financial Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas<br>\nLayin&#8217; in the sun,<br>\nTalkin&#8217; bout the things<br>\nThey woulda-coulda-shoulda done&#8230;<br>\nBut those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas<br>\nAll ran away and hid<br>\nFrom one little&nbsp;<em>did<\/em>.<\/p><cite>A poem by Shel Silverstein<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As I write this newsletter to share with our partners, friends and loyal clients, the worldwide number of confirmed Coronavirus cases has just passed 1,000,000. The financial impact of the virus&nbsp; on the financial health of many Americans has been troubling. As the \u201ccurve\u201d of the virus stubbornly inches upward, the average investor can\u2019t help but think back to hearing the first news out of China and wonder if he \u201cshoulda\u201d liquidated his entire investment portfolio that day, then \u201cshoulda\u201d run to Costco to buy out the entire inventory of Charmin jumbo packs. We know one thing, he \u201cwoulda\u201d been better off if he\u2019d ignored the ugly coronavirus bear market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/couldaWoulda-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/couldaWoulda-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/couldaWoulda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/couldaWoulda-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/couldaWoulda.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors young and old are facing two challenges:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Don\u2019t panic. It\u2019s scary to watch your financial future disappear and it\u2019s tempting to bail out. Don\u2019t.<\/li><li>Be sure you have a balanced portfolio that can tolerate future wild stock market rides.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. and worldwide economic situation was healthy before the coronavirus outbreak. Recovery should eventually be swift. Expecting a full restoration to pre-COVID-19 markets is only a Shoulda, be we can pray for one little \u201cdid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin&#8217; in the sun, Talkin&#8217; bout the things They woulda-coulda-shoulda done&#8230; But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All ran away and hid From one little&nbsp;did. A poem by Shel Silverstein As I write this newsletter to share with our partners, friends and loyal clients, the worldwide number of confirmed Coronavirus cases has just passed 1,000,000. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,3],"tags":[240,241],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-perspective","category-stewardship","tag-wild-stock-market-ride","tag-worldwide-coronavirus-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stewardshipworks.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}