5 Reasons Not to Worry About a Stock Market Crash

The stock market will crash again. That's just part of how it operates. If you understand that and incorporate it into how you manage your financial plan, you can turn a market crash into an opportunity. When stock prices drop substantially, if you're prepared, you can often swoop in, Warren Buffett style, and buy up shares of strong companies while they're cheap.

Still, a crash can be scary. It's no fun to see years' worth of saving and compounding wiped out, seemingly overnight. To be able to take advantage of a crash, you need to prepare well in advance. With that in mind, here are five reasons not to worry once you have those preparations in place.

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