What can you do when the ASX is down? // Motley Fool Australia

I’ll let you in on a little secret: more often than I’d like to admit, my scribblings are inspired by conversations with the investing team here at The Motley Fool.

Not that it’s a bad thing, of course, but I just have to acknowledge having far fewer great ideas than I’d like to admit…

This is one such piece.

See, I really hope you haven’t noticed, but the ASX has been frozen for most of the trading day, today.

(Why do I hope you haven’t noticed? We’ll get to that, but suffice it to say, I don’t own shares in the ASX, nor do I benefit from an uninformed market!)

We’re not the sort of investors who avidly watch the market here at The Motley Fool, but we have mentioned the ASX’s woes a couple of times…