Poking the Bear: What to Invest in During a Bear Market

It’s important to maintain a well-diversified portfolio aligned with your goals in any part of the market cycle.
Poking the Bear: What to Invest in During a Bear Market
Bear markets could open the door to some investing opportunities and more ways to diversify your portfolio. Viktoriia Hnatiuk/Shutterstock
Javier Simon
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Market swings are part of an investor’s life. But what happens when the stock market takes a nosedive? What do you do when we fall into bear market territory? This is when a major stock market index like the S&P 500 suffers a decline of 20 percent or more from a previous high.

But don’t panic. Bear markets could open the door to some investing opportunities and more ways to diversify your portfolio.

Javier Simon
Javier Simon
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Javier Simon is a freelance personal finance writer for The Epoch Times. He specializes in retirement planning, investing, taxes, fintech, financial products and more. His work has been featured by major publications including Fox Business, The Motley Fool, NerdWallet, and Money Magazine.