It may be a good time for investors to look at less risky ways to stay in the stock market

As President Trump’s “not going to bend at all” approach to tariffs raises recession risk and helped to send the market into a correction last week, investors may want to consider strategies that focus more on the downside — ways to stay invested but stay protected during major stock downswings.

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It may be a good time for investors to look at less risky ways to stay in the stock market

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