Mellody Hobson: When investors head for the exit, run to the fire

0:00Women's sports are the small caps of sports.

0:03We are sitting here right now, front row seat, where we are seeing this inflection point that is going to financially manifest itself into real value for teams and emerging leagues and junior sports.

0:18And when I started to study the data and see this, I literally, I just said, wow.

0:26That's Melody Hobson, co-CEO of Arial Investments, board member at JPMorgan, and former chair of Starbucks and DreamWorks.

0:34With investment markets on a roller coaster amid conflict in the Mideast and widening economic uncertainty, I wanted to ask Melody about how she stays steady as an investor with so much influx.

0:47As she explains, Melody doesn't just tolerate the volatility, she welcomes it.

0:52She shares a string of financial and life lessons, including a counterintuitive admonition against making decisions based on money.