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How market downturns make passive investing feel inadequate

I believe in index fund investing intellectually, but when markets drop I cannot shake the feeling that an active manager would be doing something to protect my money.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Crisis situations trigger desire for active intervention despite strategic knowledge.

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