After a remarkably calm and wonderfully positive stock market in 2017, volatility has come back with a vengeance of late. It seems like every day involves a multihundred-point swing for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The two most common questions I’m getting from clients, many of whom are lawyers, are probably the same two questions you’re asking: Why is this happening, and what should I do about it? I’ll do my best to answer both of those questions.