The best investing advice I ever received or close to it was index funds.
This was 20+ odd years ago now and I had never heard of them.
As a result I moved my super monies into a total market ETF and never looked back. I don’t just let it ride however I do try and time the market with various allocation changes to cash.
Of course I have my own portfolio as well in individual stocks.
As for the board closures, its all very sad, however if I was in the US it would be most unwise to make any political comments in a public forum yo never know who may pay you a visit.