Graph depicting stock market breakdown and selloff gettyThere's no ducking it now. As to the negatives and the current selloff, I've discussed them in these previous articles:How low could the stock market go? Add to that the stock market's Achilles heel: A rapid stock price drop. Then, as the stock market falls further, the realization that - for some reason - something is wrong and things could get worse. Finally comes the washout, when many investors decide to get out, either because they can't take it anymore or because they expect a terrible event is close at hand - a climactic stock market drop and/or an economic depression.

Source: Forbes October 22, 2023 14:26 UTC