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The Dow hit 20,000, but for regular investors the milestone means little. See why the Dow is one benchmark and what to control instead. Learn more today.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 20,000 — the latest record high in a string of records since the November election.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 20,000 today, the latest record high in a string of record highs since the November presidential election.
The anticipation of hitting this milestone was palpable: Pundits vibrated on financial television, #Dow20K trended on Twitter more than once and Wall Street traders printed new hats .
Meanwhile, for regular investors — loosely defined as those who can’t find CNBC on their CableTV menus — the fact that this watched pot actually boiled means very little.
And it’s a small one at that, representing just 30 stocks.
For the Dow, the quick drive to 20,000 was largely driven by the financial stocks in the index, specifically Goldman Sachs.
Bank stocks have been riding a wave since the election.
But you have a diversified portfolio — don’t you?.
Or at least they shouldn’t if you want to maintain your sanity.
If you flipped the switch on your investments in response to any of those events, you learned this lesson the hard way.
“Don’t get caught up in the frenzy — in either direction — as a result of how close the market is to hitting a certain number,” says Frankle.
When the Dow has hit milestones in the past — 100, 1,000, 10,000 — it has struggled to stay above those marks, sometimes taking years to actually maintain a level after first reaching it.
But here are two things that can help drive your future.
In other words, control what you can control, because while this milestone is exciting, it’s also meaningless — as long as you remember to treat it that way.
Arielle O’Shea is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal finance website.
For most regular investors, the Dow reaching 20,000 means very little in practical terms.
The Dow is a small benchmark, representing just 30 stocks.
Not if your long-term goals haven’t changed.
Yes.
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