Welcome to the Jill on Money Corona virus Market update. It's Saturday, March 14th and

Mark and I decided that we didn't have enough to do because we're both

pulling our hair out doing different sorts of things all day long but this is a

crazy time and the sound quality of this might indicate that something different is going on because why the

CBS News Broadcast Center where we put our show together has been closed because a few people have

coronavirus. So we thought this would be a great opportunity to talk about

the bare market in stocks, the potential for a recession, and

answer any questions that you might have. So let's do a couple of these questions

and if you need some help or you need some hand

holding you just want a little release. Why don't you just send us an email?

Ask Jill at Jill on Money.com. Ask Jill at Jill on money.

Or you can always go to the website

Jill on money.

I did a bunch of television stuff during the week

so you can watch all those segments.

So almost in one, two or three minute sound bites,

you'll figure out how you can maybe gain some control

over the anxiety you're feeling.

So let's go to an email. This is from Helene who writes, I'm not panicking over the market,

although I have lost about 20 grand in my 403B over the past few months. I signed up for early retirement over five years ago

which would give me the same money as if I retired at 67. I have two years and three months left to go. My employer accelerated their

match of 8.5% and my accelerated 4.5%. Well there's a of money to putting away. I've also been adding an extra $400 to

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