Good morning,

Yesterday morning's email discussed not reacting to Middle East tension driven market volatility (the market was down on 3/3/26).

One day later (3/4/26), the market was up on news that Iran may (it's disputed) have signaled in some capacity it is open for peace talks.

And the above may very well be "old news" by the time you read this.

And that proves the point... The market fluctuates erratically day-to-day.

But this doesn't mean you should react to the daily news driven volatility.

“In the short run, the market is a voting machine but in the long run, it is a weighing machine.”
​- Benjamin Graham

Daily price fluctuations are a result of the "voting machine" side of the market. It's short-term noise.

But in the long run, great businesses with shareholder friendly managements (when purchased at fair or better prices) are very likely to compound wealth for shareholders.

That's the "weighing machine" aspect of the market. And that's where it pays for investors to focus.

To your compounding dividend income,

Ben Reynolds
Founder, Sure Dividend