Stock market corrections are frequent
Whenever there is a stock market crash or even a small correction, panicked investors sell at the most inopportune times. Investing is a long-term game that requires understanding of how the market works. Since the year 1950 there has been over 36 S&P 500 Index corrections that caused at least a 10% decline of the previous market high. That means that for the last 70 years there has been a market correction almost every 20 months.
