Coping with two conflicting realities 🧸🐂

In the stock market, the short run couldn't be more different than the long run.

Behind every bull is a bear lurking in the shadows. (Source: Getty Images)

Investing in the stock market is a challenging mental exercise.

Among other things, investors have to cope with two seemingly conflicting realities: In the long-run, things almost always work out for the better; but in the short-run, anything and everything can go very badly.

In an …