The 3 Best ETFs to Buy as the Market Plunges

It's been quite the month for the stock market.

Exactly one month ago, the broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) closed at an all-time high. But over a nearly four-week stretch, ended March 17, the market recorded its most violent swings in history, at least according to the Volatility Index, or VIX. The benchmark S&P 500 has logged seven of its nine largest single-session declines in history, as well as its four biggest single-day point gains, since Feb. 24, 2020. It's worth noting that two of these declines rank among the six largest daily percentage drops in the S&P 500's rich history.

Furthermore, it took a mere 16 trading sessions for the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average to dip into bear market territory. The next-quickest time frame to push into a bear market was 35 trading days, which occurred during the Great Crash of the Depression Era.

Source Fool.com