When the financial crisis hit in 2008, I was living in the United States. At that time I remember developers and other people saying that it was going to take at least 20 years before the country would build another commercial office building. It felt that bad.

Job opportunities had certainly dried up -- especially for Canadians like me who were focused on real estate development. But of course, things eventually got better. New office buildings got built well inside of two decades, and the US went on to see its longest ever economic expansion.

This past Monday we saw the financial markets suffer one of, if not the, biggest selloffs since the financial crisis. If you haven't yet checked your portfolio and/or retirement savings, I suggest you hold off until the Fed "prints" some more money. The time to sell is not right now. (Not actual financial advice.)

Now is, of course, the time to remain rational and disciplined, and focus on the relationship between price and value. Fred Wilson's recent blog post on "

When the financial crisis hit in 2008, I was living in the United States. At that time I remember developers and other people saying that it was going to take at least 20 years before the country would build another commercial office building. It felt that bad.

Job opportunities had certainly dried up -- especially for Canadians like me who were focused on real estate development. But of course, things eventually got better. New office buildings got built well inside of two decades, and the US went on to see its longest ever economic expansion.

This past Monday we saw the financial markets suffer one of, if not the, biggest selloffs since the financial crisis. If you haven't yet checked your portfolio and/or retirement savings, I suggest you hold off until the Fed "prints" some more money. The time to sell is not right now. (Not actual financial advice.)

Now is, of course, the time to remain rational and disciplined, and focus on the relationship between price and value. Fred Wilson's recent blog post on "