Now Is the Time to Ask: How Much Market Risk Can You Take?

Now Is the Time to Ask: How Much Market Risk Can You Take?

People don’t think much about tolerating pain in a rising market and make poor decisions when equities crash.

Is Now the Right Time to Buy Stocks? What History Tells You About Market Corrections and Bear Markets

Stock markets haven’t had the best start in 2025. Have you noticed how uncertain things feel lately? From rising trade tensions under President Donald Trump’s policies to growing concerns about a possible recession, there’s a lot happening in the background—and it’s shaking investor confidence. The Nasdaq Composite and the SPX500 Index Today have both recently dropped more than 10% from their peaks, which officially puts them in correction terri…

Now is the time to ask: How much market risk can you take?

NOW that the stock market has momentarily stabilised from the shock of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, investors have an opportunity to reflect on how their portfolio held up during the past two turbulent weeks. If it sank more than they expected, there may be greater risk lurking there than they want or can tolerate.

This week's Savings Accounts gives you tips to help you make a decision: how, when, and where you should invest in the stock market. Since no one has ever taught us how it works, it's enough to meet someone who lost money to reinforce our belief that it's probably a bad thing, but it might not be like that.

Goldman Sachs predicts a 30% drop in the stock market, with the S&P 500 falling to around 4,300, 18% below current levels.