Don't let short-term market volatility derail long-term investment perspective

BONSALL - Local investors should not allow short-term stock market fluctuations to derail their long-term investment decisions, said Kent Borsch, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Bonsall..

“Today’s stock market volatility is being fueled by fear - fear over US and European debt, not by market fundamentals, which we believe are generally strong,” Borsch said. “We believe that long-term investors should stay the course if they have a well-diversified portfolio of quality investments and a long-term perspective.”

Borsch does not see today’s volatility as a repeat of 2008, when the country was...