Computers and Stock Market Fears

                     

Extremely fast computers have had glitches in the electronic handling of the stock market. The media’s handling of the problem has scared the small investors even more than they have the pros, who now make up  over 85% of the market.

                       

As a result, the small investor has been scared of the market. But small, average investors should not be in the market, where they buy and sell individual securities. I have written extensively on the subject.

                       

Non-professional investors have always been better off with low-cost indexed mutual funds and ETFs, which adequately handle the fast computer markets. (See the

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