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[quote=Anonymous]We are your age and 100% in tech stocks. Apple, Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Netflix, etc. I am not worried. Wall Street doesn't care about the same things the average person cares about, like the price of bread. It operates on a different set of criteria, and is sensitive to industry-specific tensions as well as Fed interest rates and credit-worthiness of certain organizations.

Things that might impact the stock market: any profound change in global trade. So China invading Taiwan, Russia fighting against NATO, Trump losing it completely and enforcing high tariffs on major trading partners. China teaming up with others to shut the US out of its manufacturing. The Middle East descending into oil-strangling conflict. There are many possible geopolitical triggers right now, many of the US's own making, that can have a domino effect and pressure the market.

But you can't control any of these things, OP. If there's a third world war starting in Europe, or China decides it doesn't need to play nice with the US anymore, or there's no more fuel for all the container ships that make the world go round, we are all going to suffer in ways that go beyond our trading accounts.

I would advise you to avoid operating on a hair-trigger. Keep calm and carry on.

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