Why More Americans Are Sitting on Cash Piles Instead of ‘Buying the Dip’

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  Here's your money briefing for Friday, April 18th.

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  I'm Mariana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.

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  In the past, investors saw a market like this one as an opportunity to buy low, so they could later sell high.

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  But these days, more people are opting to instead sit on the sidelines and keep their cash on hand.

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  Americans are seeking traditionally safe assets right now instead of trying their look in the stock market

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  because their strategies that they have gravitated toward aren't really working.

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  And we're actually seeing that in other investments as well, like gold,

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  which is another haven and has hit repeated record highs this year.

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  Wall Street Journal reporter Crystal Hur joins host Julia Carpenter to talk about the cash investments gaining traction.

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  Stick around after the break.

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  This week, we have been looking at how a volatile market can impact your housing plans,

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  college savings, taxes, and more.

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  It can also likely change where you put your cash and why.

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  Wall Street Journal reporter Crystal Hur joins me.

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  Crystal, certain investors would have once found silver linings in a market like this.

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  Investors usually call it buying the dip.

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  But you wrote that people aren't exactly buying the dip as they once were.

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