I cannot not look! It's much more interesting to me than any sporting event. If I do not have any stake in something, how can I be interested?
Here's an example. In just 4 days since people reported their most recent YTD portfolio performance - it's a short trading week due to the Labor Day - the market went through some interesting gyrations.
While the Dow is down a merely -0.2%, the S&P is down -0.9%, but the NASDAQ -2.3%. It is significant, because it means the investors are dumping tech and growth stocks.
Indeed, Apple is down -1.8%, Amazon down -2.6%, and both just broke the trillion-dollar mark. These two fare a lot better than Facebook (-8.1%), and Tesla (-13%), although the latter has its own circumstances.
I do not have any of the above stocks, except in some MFs, but still got hammered. Semiconductor segment is down -2.5%, and EM close to -4%, and I have many positions there.
But many stodgy stocks hold up well, and even go up such as the consumer staples segment.
Will this trend persist? I don't know, but suspect my friend redduck who is heavy into dividend stocks will be OK in the days ahead. If the market tanks, he may still lose money, but lose less than others with more aggressive growth stocks.