This week, we’re rebroadcasting an episode we recorded at the end of last summer in the midst of what one hoped was a temporary bear market. The stock market keeps doing scary shit, however, so we decided it was worth a re-visit to remind ourselves, I mean our listeners, to keep our eyes on the prize and to not get spooked. Let Sara soothe you with her steely-eyed confidence that all will be well. One day.What do you do if you actually have money to invest in the stock market but the constantly sinking numbers are scaring the shit out of you? Are you really just supposed to pour perfectly good dollars into a sinking (market) ship?And what about that whole “buy low, sell high” thing?? Is now the low?? But can it go even lower??And, and what the fuck are iBonds and why is everyone talking about them?!Sara explains to Caitlin, again, what risk means when it comes to investing in the stock market, and how we get the reward for taking so much risk. Which is supposed to be the whole point. (Spoiler alert: In order to get the reward you have to stay on the (stock market) boat, even during the lows. Especially during the lows?) And there’s more set it and forget it for the lazy, I mean wise, investors!Ask us your dumb investing and finance questions for Season 2 on our Ask Us page! This episode was edited by Kelly West. Music by Bad Bad Hats and Devmo.

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