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2044: Why You Should Be Happy the Markets Are Crashing by Wanderer

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The Stock Market Drops 10% - The Only Way the Index Can Never Go to Zero

A 10% correction is not something to panic about, especially one in which the US jobless rate is at a record low. The index can never go to zero because it's an aggregate of all successful companies in the stock market. Because the index is market cap weighted, as companies shrink into oblivion, they get sold and pushed out. And as other companies expand and grow to take their place, they get bought and brought in.

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