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What happens to your investments when the stock market crashes? Should you sell, hold cash, or keep investing?
In this episode of *The Table*, Anthony O’Neal and investing expert Courtney Hale break down **5 stocks and ETFs that could help protect your portfolio during a downturn.** Discover why panic-selling can cost you thousands, how to start defensive investing with just $100, and why staying invested matters. **The goal isn’t to predict the next crash. It’s to be prepared for it.
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⏱️ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 – Introduction
04:45 – Why sitting on cash could cost you more than staying invested.
06:30 – How missing just 5 of the market's best days could cut your returns in half.
09:45 – Why panic-selling your investments is the wrong move.
11:30 – Why Walmart and Coca-Cola could hold up during economic uncertainty.
19:00 – The recovery math: why a 50% loss requires a 100% gain.
20:30 – How XLU, SCHD, and XLP can add defensive exposure to your portfolio.
27:30 – Courtney's $100 investing strategy: splitting it between XLP and XLU.
29:00 – When to shift back toward growth investments and why staying invested matters.
34:30 – How Courtney and Anthony are preparing their families and finances for a downturn.
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Anthony O'Neal is a two-time national bestselling author, financial educator, and generational wealth architect who has spent more than a decade helping people get out of debt and build wealth that outlives them. He is an adjunct professor of Consumer Economics at Virginia Union University and a doctoral candidate in Finance and Investing. Through The Table, his books, and The Freedom Circle™, he's on a mission to eliminate $1 billion in consumer debt and build $500 million in wealth by 2053.
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