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Correction

A decline of 10% to 20% from a recent high.

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Definition

A correction is a pullback that is bigger than normal day-to-day noise but smaller than a bear market. Corrections happen fairly regularly in healthy markets and often reset sentiment after a strong run.

Watch out for

Any correction can become a bear market. At the start there is no way to know which it will be.

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