4 Perfect Stocks to Buy if the Stock Market Crashes
You might not like what I'm about to say, but the fact of the matter is that stock market crashes are a normal and unpreventable part of the investing cycle.
Historically, a stock market correction of at least 10% has occurred, on average, every 1.84 years in the broad-based S&P 500 since 1950 -- and not all of these declines have proved orderly. We're never going to know ahead of time when a crash or correction will occur, how long it'll take to find bottom, or how steep the decline will be.
The one thing we do know about stock market crashes is that they roll out the red carpet for long-term investors to buy into great companies on the cheap. Eventually, another stock market crash is going to occur -- and when it does, you'll want to have cash at the ready to buy into a handful of time-tested businesses.
Source Fool.com