{
  "id": 445476,
  "title": "I've been investing for six months but my returns are flat: What should I do?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/ive-been-investing-for-six-months-but-my-returns-are-flat-what-should",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-10T07:03:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/diyinvesting/article-16033823/investing-six-months-returns-flat-steps.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "What annual returns should I expect over the long term and how do you avoid making emotional decisions when markets are flat or declining?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}