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Don’t “Stay the Course” if You Are on the Wrong Course

Don’t “Stay the Course” if You Are on the Wrong Course

Created byRon Surz
BeginnerUpdated May 20, 2022
Don’t “Stay the Course” if You Are on the Wrong Course

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleKnow the difference between market timing and risk management
  • check_circleBecome aware of gaslighting aimed at convincing investors to “stay the course.”
  • check_circleRecognize that baby boomers are the most vulnerable
  • check_circleConsider some ways to protect investors

About This Course

When stock prices fall, Wall Street advises “Stay the course” and “Buy the dip.” This might be good advice if you are on the right course, but most baby boomers are not on the “right course.” You might not be either. Remember that Wall Street wants you to stay invested.

This show and article are among our most popular. They were produced in the first quarter of 2020, following a market correction. Despite the fact that the market quickly recovered, our advice to not listen to Wall Street remains solid today.

People in the Risk Zone, transitioning from working life into retirement, should limit their investment risk because losses can irreparably ruin the rest of life. In particular, the 60/40 stock/bond course is too risky for most baby boomers because most are in the Risk Zone

Field of Study: Economics

Course Content

3 activities • 1 videos • duration: 43m

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Section 11 videos • 43 min
  • videocamDon’t “Stay the Course” if You Are on the Wrong Course
    Duration 43:00
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Your Instructor

Ron Surz

Serial entrepeneur specializing in target date funds and baby boomer investment education.

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Ronald J. Surz is co-host of the Baby Boomer Investing Show and president of Target Date Solutions and Age Sage, Target Date Solutions serves institutional investors, namely 401(k) plans. Age Sage serves do-it-yourself individual investors. His passion is helping his fellow baby boomers at this critical time in their lives when they are relying on their lifetime savings to support a retirement with dignity, so he wrote a book: Baby Boomer Investing in the Perilous 2020s .

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.2 out of 5
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11 reviews
  • MD
    Michael D.
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    very good.

  • DB
    DENNIS B.
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    I ENJOYED THE COURSE . IT PUT SOME FEAR INTO ME AND I HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH MY ADVISORS TO REDUCE MY RISK EXPOSURE

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