This is just sick

Short-term market volatility and political tweets are causing emotional distress and losses for active, speculative traders. Maintaining a long-term horizon and auto-contributing to broad market index funds insulates investors from daily, headline-driven swings. Consistently buy broad US and international market ETFs (VTI, VXUS) regardless of daily news cycles. A prolonged global macroeconomic downturn could suppress broad index returns over the medium term.

Political statements regarding geopolitical conflicts or trade wars are often premature, exaggerated, or quickly reversed. Fading optimistic geopolitical announcements (e.g., premature peace deals) or pessimistic economic threats (e.g., extreme tariffs) provides contrarian entry points. Buy oil when politicians prematurely announce conflict resolutions, and buy broad market dips on tariff threats. The political statements turn out to be accurate, leading to actual peace deals that crush oil premiums.