Black Monday Playbook:

A Calming Guide to Market Crashes and Navigating the Complexity of Global Economic Shifts

“The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.”

~E.O. Wilson, American Sociobiologist at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009

Every generation of investors faces moments that shake their confidence. Portfolio values tumble. The media fan flames of panic. People rush to sell. But in the long arc of financial history, crashes are not anomalies — they are features of the cycle. They are reminders to step back, breathe, and re-center around what truly matters: sound strategies, human behavior, and context. This playbook is designed to do just that.

Welcome to your 2025 Black Monday Playbook — a guide to navigating chaos with clarity, managing volatility with wisdom, and placing today’s market tremors within the broader, global economic and…