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As a Solar Storm Hits Earth, Here’s What Investors and Home Owners Should Know

As a Solar Storm Hits Earth, Here’s What Investors and Home Owners Should Know

An ongoing solar storm may have investors wondering how to prepare their homes—and portfolios. A coronal mass ejection is a cloud of energetic and magnetized plasma erupting from the Sun’s Corona, the outermost part of its atmosphere. NOAA recommends preparing an emergency kit, which should include some water, food, batteries, and flashlights.