It’s important to remember the basics of investing when your portfolio’s under pressure and going through some volatility.

When your stocks are generally going up, everything’s mostly a-okay.

But when the opposite is true, no one likes the feeling of losing money – on paper or otherwise.

To get some clarity, John O’Connell says there’s one key thing investors must ask themselves during times like these.

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