November 2018 - Over the past few months, equity markets have been experiencing an increase in volatility. While the daily ups and down can be unsettling, it’s appropriate to step back, assess the situation and gain some perspective in order to avoid panic. For much of the past few years we have become accustomed to the lack of volatility and so it is easy to forget that volatility is a normal part of market behavior. Since the 2008 market bottom, we’ve had 23 corrections where the market fell at least 5% and seven times where the market fell more than...