Markets vs Pundits

Although financial pundits tend to paint a negative (sometimes catastrophic) picture of the markets to the general public, the stock market has maintained a consistently upward trend from the end of 2010 through 2016.

Staying invested through short-term market peaks and valleys pays off in the long run, but a lot of people may have a hard time riding out the volatility in light of sensationalized media coverage of the markets.