When a market correction occurs (such as what appears to be occurring over the last several days), the question that many investors find themselves asking is “Are my losses just ordinary losses? Or is something else at play here?” Certainly, the vast majority of losses suffered by investors during a market downturn are just that…

U.S. stocks continued a week-long slump late in the trading session on Friday as the S&P broke below the 2,000 level, closing at 1973.78 and the Dow slipped closer toward correction territory, closing off more than a 1000 points for the week, as fears of a China-led global slowdown shocked the markets. This sell-off has…