What to Do When the Stock Market Is Crashing

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Stock market crashes can be terrifying for investors, especially when you have a large allocation of your investment portfolio in the stock market.

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This guide will cover all the right and wrong moves for when the stock market crashes and give you the confidence to execute the best investment strategy possible.

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Between 2020-2022, I made over 35% returns by following these tactics in the volatile stock market crash resulting from the Covid pandemic. Previously in 2008-2009, during the great recession, I was a floor trader on the New York Stock Exchange and made millions a day for my firm by understanding the dynamics of liquidy and fear.

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A market crash is when stock prices rapidly decline across a broad market or sector. A market crash is usually caused by new data or information suggesting the economy is distressed.

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Often a knee-jerk reaction causes a sudden drop because investors and traders assume that all companies will suffer. However, not all companies are created equal, and most often, in a stock market crash, the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater.

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What Do I Buy?

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How Long Does A Market Crash Take To Recover?

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Corrections (Dips)

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