5 No-Brainer Stocks to Buy When the Next Stock Market Crash Strikes

It's not a matter of if a stock market crash will occur, it's a simply a matter of when.

Looking back, one thing is certain: Corrections and crashes are a normal part of the investing cycle. There have, in fact, been 38 double-digit percentage declines in the benchmark S&P 500 since the beginning of 1950, which works out to a sizable drop in the broader market, on average, every 1.87 years.

However, these big declines shouldn't be feared. Rather, they should be cheered by long-term investors. That's because every crash or correction in history has eventually been erased by a bull-market rally. When a stock market crash strikes, it's time to go on the offensive as an investor. The following five stocks would be the perfect no-brainer buys the next time a crash rears its head.

Source Fool.com