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Panicked about a market crash? Let me ease your concerns
March 29, 2026 — 5:01am
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Understandably, many people are freaking out about the global economy and, by extension, the sharemarket right now. So much so that it’s just about the only thing people are asking me about.
While being across what’s happening is important for any investor, hitting the refresh button every 10 minutes and obsessively tracking every rise and dip is a pretty good way to make yourself more panicked and drive yourself crazy.
As any seasoned investor will tell you, no matter how unprecedented this moment might feel, it’s actually not at all. If it’s your first rodeo, however, knowing how to keep calm and carry on might be unclear.
With that in mind, here are four practical and easy steps to offer some clarity and ease your worries a bit.
Stop checking your investments
I understand that this might sound like strange advice from someone who always says you need to know where your money is going and how it’s working for you, so let me explain.
Investing is a long-term game, and it only works when you give it time. For the sharemarket broadly, that time is best measured in years and decades. This is why it’s recommended that your emergency savings, as well as any other money you may need to access within a relatively short period of time, isn’t invested in this way.
Humans tend to like predictability, stability and rationality and the sharemarket is in many ways the opposite of that.
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