Stock Market Correction No Big Deal

Without a doubt there are more than a few investors clutching at their hair and ripping it out in painful clumps at the sight of the DOW which has plummeted more than 800 points in just two days. And of course other indexes are falling handily as well.

For those who have no hair, they may just be tearing their eyeballs out.

I don't mean to make total light of the situation. It is painful for anyone to watch their portfolios lose hard earned cash. I don't like it anymore than anyone else. But these things are also inevitable, especially since the stock market has done extremely well for at least the last four or more years. At some point things simply have to turn back to a bit of reality. And the reality is that the markets are and were largely overbought.

And really, the selloffs in the markets are really due to panic, not necessarily sound financials. Earnings reports have not been that bad folks.

There is the issue with China devaluing their currency. There is the issue of the recent Greek crisis and the question as to whether or not Greece is really out of the woods. There is unrest with regard to Iran, and the entire Middle East. There is an upcoming potential change of characters in the political world. And there was a recent pull back in jobs data, and of course there is talk of the Fed upping interest rates.

So I get the unease.

But time and time again markets have fallen and risen back up, and then some. And I see no reason why this would not be more of the same. This is normal for the markets to do this, and because it does happen I always say it is a good idea to buy into the upswings in the markets, but leave enough cash behind so that when the markets lose their tailwind you can buy into the panic and cash in on the other end of it.

Investors are on a selling frenzy. As for me, I will be bargain hunting. Now is the time to buy. Not panic. The stock market correction hurts. But really it is no big deal. But it is a potentially big opportunity. Opportunities like this don't come around often. This opportunity has taken four long years to come around. I say pounce on it.