{"id":254791,"date":"2025-05-24T05:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/investing\/how-low-can-my-shares-go-the-barefoot-investor\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T05:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T05:03:12","slug":"how-low-can-my-shares-go-the-barefoot-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=254791","title":{"rendered":"How Low Can My Shares Go? \u2014 The Barefoot Investor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><em>Hi Scott,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I stupidly put $9,000 into shares before Trump, when prices were high, but now they\u2019ve gone backwards! Yikes! I haven\u2019t sold them (yet), but I\u2019m just wondering how low can they go? Obviously these tariffs and trade wars are biting, but will it end? And how can we tell when the lowest point is reached? And will it ever recover?<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n<p>Hi Helen,\u00a0How low can your shares go?\u00a0Well, my back-of-the-envelope calculations say that you\u2019re down about \u2026 $700.\u00a0Boo. Bloody. Hoo. Helen.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, if you\u2019ve going to invest, you should be prepared for your shares to (temporarily) be cut in half.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s happened before!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet here\u2019s the key: the market has <em>always<\/em> bounced back, and then gone higher.\u00a0And <em>that<\/em>\u00a0is why we invest: it\u2019s because the share market really is the greatest wealth-building tool in history \u2026 but only if you allow your money to keep compounding.\u00a0\u00a0So, here\u2019s your three-step survival guide:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">First, only invest in index funds with money you don\u2019t need for at least five years.<\/p>\n<p>Second, have enough Mojo \u2013 cash in a savings account \u2013 so you can sleep at night and not panic sell.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, be like me \u2013 only check your shares once or twice a year. You\u2019ll be much happier and wealthier for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Scott<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Scott, I stupidly put $9,000 into shares before Trump, when prices were high, but now they\u2019ve gone backwards! Yikes! I haven\u2019t sold them (yet), but I\u2019m just wondering how low can they go? Obviously these tariffs and trade wars are biting, but will it end? 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