Peter Lynch Avoid The “Fear of Crashing”

In September 1995, the legendary growth investor Peter Lynch wrote an article alongside the financial writer John Rothchild called “Fear of Crashing” in which he considered the potential of a stock market correction and how investors should prepare and react for an uncertain and volatile market environment. While Lynch’s article is now nearly three decades old, the advice contained within it remains relevant to this day. The numbers might be different, but the psychological pain and dealing with market drawdowns remain constant for investors. More importantly, the strategies for dealing with this pain remain the same as they were 28…