I have been getting a lot of requests to put up a blog post to prepare everyday retirees for an upcoming market correction. First of all let’s describe or identify a market correction. A market correction is essentially an overall market drop of about 10%. A market correction is not to be confused with a bear market, which is about a 20% drop in the markets. First, let’s discuss when the last official market correction was on the books. The last correction was the summer of 2015, and it started with China’s market in June. China had a stock market crash that continued into July and August, then around the middle or August the Dow Jones Index (a collection of key stocks that measure the market as a whole) The Dow Jones Stock Index basically measure the pillars or historical fortune 500 giants of the United States fell about 10%. The Dow Jones fell 588 points during a two-day period, 1,300 points from August 18–21. Then on Monday, August 24, the world stock markets were down sub…
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