The S 500 has rebounded strongly from last year's pullback, but the broad-market index stalled out in August as concerns about rising interest rates and a recovery that may have gotten ahead of itself contributed to the decline in stocks.

As you can see from the chart below, the S 500 edged down 1.8% in August, slightly better than the Nasdaq and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Though investors don't typically like to see their stocks fall, sell-offs can lead to buying opportunities if they are for short-term reasons.

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Source Fool.com