{"id":8,"date":"2026-03-30T19:42:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.personalfinancereports.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2026-04-18T19:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T19:42:27","slug":"correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.personalfinancereports.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/correction\/","title":{"rendered":"Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By some measures we are in a market correction. This normally means a drop of 10-20% in stock prices. Just a few thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. You should always plan on corrections being possible. The market does not and cannot always go up.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Depending on where you are in your investing journey, now might be a good time to buy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Think carefully before getting out of the market if you are a steady investor. Times like this come and go.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. We call this a correction. Remember in school when the teacher “corrected” your paper? It’s ironic, but we view market corrections as a bad thing – and it’s a loss in a way – but maybe it’s just the market correcting itself – i.e., becoming more correct.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Something to think about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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