Ongoing market volatility may signal it's time to shift investing strategies and put money back in some mundane, yet safer, alternatives as the chaos plays out. Since the financial crisis, investors have taken to a mentality known as "There is No Alternative" or TINA, emphasizing the idea that investors should stay longer-term on bonds and equities and steer clear cash.
Paul Christopher, head of global market strategy at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, echoed Kilburg's comments "As soon as you go to cash in an environment like this when inflation is so high, the more quickly you start to erode that cash through inflation," Christopher said. Opportunities in the bond market Short-term bonds look more attractive than cash to some investors given the rise in yields in recent weeks.