Guard Your Portfolio Against Recent Market Volatility

Published: Sept. 2, 2015, 4:28 p.m.

b'With Sam Stovall (http://www.spcapitaliq.com/blogauthors/sam-stovall), Managing Director, U.S. Equity Strategy of S&P Capital IQ\\u2019s Global Markets Intelligence group; Author - The Seven Rules of Wall Street, The Standard & Poor\\u2019s Guide to Sector Investing



Sam Stovall is an analyst, publisher and communicator of S&P\\u2019s outlooks for the economy, market, and sectors. He is the Chairman of the S&P Investment Policy Committee, where he focuses on market history and valuations, as well as industry momentum strategies.

Sam\\u2019s a frequent guest on the show and talks about the recent volatility in global equities, whether this correction was on the cards, whether this was a pullback or a correction, and more. He correlates and benchmarks recent moves to long-term historical averages, and cautions investors to not get too complacent or over-aggressive with equities beyond their inherent risk tolerances. He also tells investors which metrics to focus on in times of high volatility to ride things out without causing long-term damage to their portfolios.'