There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the economy and stock market right now. Between tariff news, trade tensions, and all three major stock market indexes being down for the year (at the time of this writing), many people are on edge.
Although uncertainty and market volatility can be nerve-wracking, that doesn’t mean it’s time to abandon the stock market. Feel free to adjust your holdings and strategy a bit, but you don’t want to avoid it altogether.
One move you can make to provide a little bit of stability to your portfolio is to invest in a dividend exchange-traded fund (ETF). Dividend stocks, in general, are great investments. However, they can be especially beneficial during market downturns because they provide guaranteed income.
If you have $2,000 to invest (with an emergency fund already set up and high-interest debt paid down), an ETF to…
