Welcome to the Jill on Money Coronavirus Market Update. It is Monday, August 24th.

And, wow, end of August it's amazing I don't know about you Mark but this period this

pandemic period has really messed with time for me so the days feel really long

long, but then you pick your head up

and you say it's the end of August.

I can't, I don't know, it's not computing.

And yes, and as Mark points points out and not much has changed. It is the ultimate

Groundhog's Day. That's what it feels like truly. Okay, let's see if you've got a financial question, send me an email. It's Ask Jill at

Jill onmoney.com. That's Ask Jill at Jill on Money.com.

Michael writes, I love your podcast,

and recently I mentioned, he says,

that investments are covered by CIPIC Security's Investor Protection Corporation.

So if you're with a larger brokerage house,

this is not a concern.

It's not that it's not a concern.

If you're with any brokerage house, okay, that is, you know, registered. You have

CIPIC protection, meaning you are covered against the failure of that firm.

And the only difference between a large and a small

is that, you know, maybe the smaller roboo

could be more at risk of going out of business,

but even that seems somewhat far-fetched.

But that said, you're protected up to a half a million dollars, okay?

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