I like WMK, ... he is a good father. I like that avatar of him carrying his daughter on his shoulders.

Yes, I would attest to this point too. I call it via another name - information overload.

There are times when not reading too much inputs a certain element of luck into investments, for which we all know, in everything that we do, there is always an element of luck as the component of the final decider.

In investments, as in everything in life, we can prepare all we want, calculate and model all the possible outcomes, however, there is always a certain unpredictable outcome that cannot be forfeited out entirely.

And hence the saying at times - ignorance is bliss.

Thanks,.. I understand,... but sometimes reading too much makes one too risk-averse and misses all the opportunities in life,... because of being too fearful. I read too much too,... because it'd be expensive if one under-estimates the risks.

That's what happened to many,... including many of my friends...

I say no. 5 - in the current scenario, take-in all the news. They're all there as the events unfold, but we must understand and zoom-in on what the most important news, main mkt-mover for now - the US raising rates.

So, 'flow together with this main mkt-mover event'. Conserve your warchest, do not fire yet.

Licenced Financial Planners go with statistics to make their decisions, in order not to be held at fault in case in case their investments failed. Licenced Fin Planners charge fees.

They are expensive, and they lack one very important factor in their advice - human sentiment.

Highly agreed - yes, we can assume the window for purchase would be small before the mkt recovers its footing. Having said this,... I would also opine that again, it depends on the asset class that we are talking about. I believed some asset classes would be affected in the above way.

However, some assets classes may be affected for longer periods.

And some asset classes may only feel the effect after sometime, such as our favourite ASX funds.

If the ECB does implement additional QE in top of what they are giving-out now, then Euro-based high yield bonds will benefit.