This year has left few safe-havens for the investing community. The bond market is struggling through its worst year on record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite all, respectively, plunged into a bear market with peak-to-trough losses easily topping 20%.

While it's common for heightened periods of volatility to test investors' resolve, it's also the ideal time to go shopping. Historically, every bear market has eventually been put into the rearview mirror by a bull market rally. The same will undoubtedly prove true with the current bear market.

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