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Long Game Challenge #1: Growth & the Market By Neil Wilding ur n on F ox News or CNN . Pick up the Wall Street Journal or t he New York Times . Open up your hometown newspaper. Wh at wi ll yo u likely see ? Discussions of the market. Now , I don’t know if you’ re rea ding t his book in Janua ry or June. I don’t know if the marke t is up or do wn today . I do n’t know if commentators are feeling bearish or bullish on where stock s a re heading. But, I do kno w th at, whe n yo u tune into the news , there will Ibne tahdeiAscmusesriiocannoffitnhaenmciaalrkinedt.ustry, the stock marke t is a touchstone o f ne arly all f inanci al ad vice . And, for good reason: The stock market is the primary too l we us e to gr o w we alth. Do you have some of your retirement funds in mutual funds? Target date funds? Investment accounts? If so, congratulations ! You’re depending on the stock market for growth. T
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