There's a sensible strategy for handling market volatility! Since the 2008-09 financial crisis, the stock market has been moving up but not in a straight line. Periodic bouts of volatility can take an emotional toll on even the calmest retirement investor. Come learn how bear markets occur fairly regularly, and can last 25 months on average, how to recognize the investment risks that contribute to market declines, how to reduce volatility effects using asset allocation, and why diversifying your portfolio and time in the market - not market timing - counts.