Market Crash Lessons

Finance

How to Protect Your Money in an Uncertain World: Lessons from Someone Who’s Seen Market Crashes

I was 22 years old in 2008, sitting in my tiny student apartment, watching the news as the financial world seemed to collapse in real time. Lehman Brothers had just gone under, banks were failing, and my parents’ retirement savings had been cut in half. I remember calling my dad, hearing the exhaustion in his voice, and realizing for the…