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Troubled times for individual investors

From mom and pop investors to day traders, everyone is affected by the chaotic market. Kai Ryssdal speaks to Daniel Scotto's of Whitehall Investment Advisors about what an individual investor can do while the market normalizes.

A trader bites his thumb on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

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