Merrill’s Richard Jones: World Events Often Don’t Move Markets the Way You Think

There’s so much dramatic news right now that it can be difficult to keep up: An unprecedented leadership vacuum in Congress is overshadowed by a frightening conflict in the Middle East, even as the war in Ukraine rages on. But Barron’s Hall of Fame advisor Richard Jones, a partner in Merrill Private Wealth Management’s Jones Zafari Group, is telling clients that when it comes to the impact on their investments, the key question “is what’s interesting versus what’s important.” “Often,” says the four-decade industry veteran whose Los Angeles-based team oversees some $35 billion of client assets, “events do not affect the…