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Advice for how to relay the economy to my parents

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Mar 18, 2025 · 19:10

Hi guys, 26M here, since 2021 I have introduced my mum and dad into the world of investing, they have around 40k invested into FTSE Global All caps Index fund and pay in around £800 a month, for the last couple of years they have been chuffed with there progression and growth in the account, however days like today are what they aren’t use to, hearing the fear mongering news about Tesla and vanguard owning 7%! My mum seems to panic everytime, I have told them time and time again what investing involves and that years like this will happen but overall they’re still up. How can I reassure them or adjust my approach to telling them that things like this are normal in the markets and basically that having their money in a standard savings account is technically losing money as it is by far never in line with rate of inflation. This 40k isn’t there life savings but I told them a 5-10 years investment would be well suited for vanguard as a retirement fund but even then they wouldn’t want to withdraw it all.