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The old-school advice to help navigate the market’s violent bounce

The sheer speed and violence of the rebound in shares has been tough for some investors. But there’s a simple concept to help deal with what comes next.

It’s not the level of change that hurts in markets, but the rate of change.

If a sharemarket moves 18 per cent in a year or two, everything’s generally fine. When it moves that fast over the course of a month and a bit, someone’s going to get hurt.

According to data firm Bespoke Invest, Wall Street’s stunning rally since April 8 is the first time in 43 years that the S&P 500 has erased a 15 per cent year-to-date decline in under six weeks.

Source: https://www.afr.com/chanticleer/the-old-school-advice-to-help-navigate-the-market-s-violent-bounce-20250515-p5lzbm