On these "big" (they're actually not so big) down days --- when you start to wonder why you're in the market.... go back and look at the 5 and 10 year charts of your stocks. Traders (a definition) are always talking heads and always have some reason for why the market or a particular stock is doing "X".... INVESTORS look for the underlying value and long term reasons for stock ownership.
If you have some "new money" to put to work -- WAIT until this summer... the market is always down in the summer.... I usually don't start buying again until AUGUST. This is a very short horizon in the scheme of things.
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