Plan for Flight Delays (and Volatility in the Market)

Gone is the magic of flying.  I blame COVID.

It cannot just be me; flights are late, connections are missed, customs takes 90 minutes, planes inexplicably need more 'maintenance outside of the airlines control'.

The 'on-time, non-event' board feels like fiction.

I used to blame Canada's teal and green airline, but I flew the red one and even the racoon one recently and both experiences were very okay-ey.

If you're flying now, you have to give yourself some time.  Plan your flights half a day earlier than you need to, take the 7am flight (giving them less chance to mess up operations in the day and push your flight back), maybe even go as far as to buy some trip insurance.

Delays are no longer a rare exception. They’re part of the trip.

The same thing goes for your investments, volatility isn’t a bug — it’s a feature.

Public market investors need to expect volatility - it's a fact, not a feeling.  To get the same returns you did 20 years ago, you need to be comfortable with twice as much volatility. I blame social media, the speed (and subjectivity) of news, and everyone and their dog being able to buy and sell stocks on an app on their phones. 

Think about the ups and downs of the past year or five years? Yikes.

Inconveniences at the airport aren't going anywhere, neither is volatility in the market.  Plan for it when you travel and find an investment platform that doesn't rely solely on private markets.

We can do that for you, managing volatility is our thing.

Help with getting you to your vacation destination on time? You're on your own.