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Ben Carlson: When Stocks Fell 10%

TedTed
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FYI: As of the market’s close yesterday the S&P 500 was down 9.4%. Not quite a 10% correction but it’s a stone’s throw away.

The question all investors would like to know is how much further this downturn has to go.

The answer is I don’t know and neither does anyone else.

But we can look back historically to see how many corrections turned into bear markets or crashes to get a better sense of the potential range of outcomes.
Regards,
Ted
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2018/10/when-stocks-fell-10/

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  • RbrtRbrt
    “Intelligent investors bake these scenarios into their investment plan and prepare for them in advance. No matter the path stocks take from here, if you don’t have a plan in place about how to react no matter the outcome, now would be a good time to formulate one.
    Even a bad plan is better than no plan at all.”

    Hum...I don’t have a plan. I better get to work!
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