Stock market decline chart

Here are some stats to put recent event into context, and perhaps help you relax a little.

Every stock market crash in past 60 years - Business Insider

That's one of the longest stretches of uninterrupted growth since World War II. So you might say we were due; typically, there's a market correction every 18 months. Usually, but not always, investors who waited out a correction found themselves quickly back in the black.

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