WASHINGTON, D.C.///October 4, 2007///In two weeks, the “Black Monday” stock market crash of 1987 will mark its 20th anniversary. As that date draws near, leading financial advisors are cautioning U.S. investors against giving in to the fears and trepidations that such a milestone can trigger, particularly in the wake of the rollercoaster stock market ride of this past July and August.

In a news conference organized today by the Zero Alpha Group (ZAG), three top U.S. financial advisors -- Glenn Kautt, president, chairman and chief investment officer, The Monitor Group, Sterling, VA., Kimberly Sterling, president, Resource Consulting Group, Orlando, FL., and Ed Green, partner, Foster Group, West Des Moines, IA. – explained why investors should resist the anxiety associated with a dreaded anniversary. In response to questions from clients and a recognition of the need to address investor fears that may not end up getting articulated other than through panic, the financial advisors detailed several different ways that the financial world of 2007 differs from and resembles that of 1987.

Glenn Kautt, president, chairman and chief investment officer, The Monitor Group, Sterling, VA., said: “It is entirely normal for investors – or any human being for that matter – to reflect on a dark date as it draws close. Americans have done this over and over again with such anniversaries as Pearl Harbor and 9/11. When it comes to the 20th anniversary of ‘Black Monday,’ the trick is to get out of the trap of obsessing about every up and down in the market. You are much better off framing a long-term plan and then sticking with it, leaving the stock market to gyrate as it does now on a regular basis. In the final analysis, that is the best prescription for anyone suffering from anxiety about the return of ‘Black Monday.’”