The Importance of Mindfulness in the Stock Market

Theresa McKee: It took me a long time, embarrassingly long, to realize the difference between short term stock fluctuations or short term equity fluctuations and long term market returns. She says if you generally feel optimistic about how the world is doing and how our country is doing then you're going to feel fairly optimistic on leaving your money. "It just sounds very basic, but I don't think I understood it at the outset at all," she said.