Note: This article was written by Steven Bavaria and edited by Stanford Chemist. It was initially released to CEF/ETF Income Laboratory members on March 8, 2020.
A key tenet of our Income Factory philosophy (see The Income Factory's 'Intellectual Underpinnings' (Why 'Income' Drives 'Market Value')) has been that “staying the course” during market downturns is both (1) financially effective because it grows our income stream faster than ever as we reinvest at bargain prices and ultra-high yields, and (2) psychologically and emotionally easier because we can touch and feel a “river of cash”