KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

Gut-wrenching market gyrations may be the new normal, but staying the course is always the best long-term strategy.

Gut-wrenching market gyrations may be the new normal, but as the stories in our annual Investment Guide attest, staying the course is usually the best long-term strategy. Over the next few pages you will read about the wonderful life of an optometrist named Herb Wertheim, a self-made multibillionaire thanks to his 60-year buy-and-hold strategy. If you’re afraid of a bear market, we profile a do-gooder fund that does great in down markets. And thanks to a combination of Trump tax cuts and a tough stretch in the stock market, now might be the right time to convert to a Roth IRA.