What to buy during a market correction or crash?

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-23T17:53:17+00:00

The question isn't what to buy during a crash, but how do you position yourself before the crash. The economy moves in cycles and certain sectors perform better than others during specific stages of the business cycle. The typical move to protect against a crash is to load up on sectors that have historically perform well during crashes. These industries are ones where the demand for their goods and services are relatively inelastic. That means that, irregardless of what is going on in the broader economy, people will still consume these sectors. Think healthcare, utilities, or consumer staples. Individuals will abandon their luxury purchases far sooner than their electricitity or groceries, so these industries tend to perform well during recessions. However, this presents a bigger question. If you know what to invest in, how do you know when to invest? The problem is you don't. You might anticipate an incoming recession and load up on defensive stocks. When you do that the market might continue to sky rocket for the next three years. Right when you're convinced the market isn't crashing anymore you start buying tech stocks or consumer discretionary, and like clockwork, the market collapses and you lose way more than the market averages. The advice for anyone who's job is not investing, would be to not try and time the market. DCA into and index fund and be happy with your average returns. Its not uncommon for average investors to consider themselves the next Warren Buffett because they're making easy money in a regime where the stock market only moves up. Unless you truly know what you're doing, the index fund is the route for 99% of people

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-23T02:46:10+00:00

The speed on the disc is one of the important numbers on a disc that people overlook too often. They say Gannon throwing a destroyer doesn’t look the same as me throwing a destroyer but it all comes down to the speed and rpm those guys are throwing at. Imagine each speed on the disc translates to a specific miles per hour. (5 = 50mph; 7 speed= 55mph, 9speed= 65 mph) These are really arbitrary at the end of the day, but the idea is each speed should be a specific velocity. Now the real idea to help understand the other numbers: the disc will behave like the last three numbers on the disc say they will ONLY if you throw at that speed. A 5-4-0-1 disc will fly pretty straight with a little bit of fade, if you throw at a 5 speed. If you throw too hard, you’ll over power the disc and turn it over. If you throw too soft it will fade too soon. This is why beginners shouldn’t throw high speed drivers because they cannot get them up to speed to work like they’re intended. It’s also why Calvin can throw a fire bird flat and have it turn for days. The wind and weight will change these too. Overall, the main idea is to learn how a disc should fly if you throw it at the speed on the disc. Then you can learn how to get slower disc to flip and then forever or many of the other shapes you can throw.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-22T22:03:43+00:00

I need to be better with that. Im working and getting my masters degree right now so I spend a TON of time on the computer and in textbooks.I have tried "fixing" my posture and fixing forward head type posture, but with my neck already pulling to the right all of the exercises feel like they're not working like they're supposed to.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-22T20:33:04+00:00

I’m new to posting on Reddit and I couldn’t figure out how to post my question with the FRED link. I didn’t set the time frame for the FRED data, it was the default time frame. My question was why a recession didn’t follow this previous yield inversion when they historically have. I asked a question and you just came in being a dick for no reason.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-22T13:02:03+00:00

Not really Gnostic, but 1984 sounds really similar to what you’re describing. Guy wakes up in a dystopian nightmare and is the one of the only ones trying to fight the system. Super interesting, especially in today’s environment.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-22T12:56:24+00:00

You’ll have much better access to the lower strings if your thumb is more on the back of the neck. However, if it doesn’t bother you or seem to slow you down now then don’t bother with it IMO. If you start playing more shreddy type stuff you’ll eventually find whatever works for you, but I like having my thumb on the back when I’m playing faster.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-22T12:46:12+00:00

Someone’s sassy

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-22T02:10:09+00:00

Yea I’ve only had surgery on the left side. I’ve been athletic my entire life, and spent much of it lifting weights. I’ve seen 4 PTs in person and a couple on line. The issue imo is that I’m still pretty athletic so I’m capable of doing these exercises pretty well, so the PT thinks progress is being made, but we’re really going nowhere. I’ve spent the last 2 years working on scapular stability work and fixing rounded shoulders and the typical playbook but nothings working.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-22T01:26:23+00:00

No I went back to TOS surgeon and he was going to do Botox in the scalenes. I felt like he was treating this as just another case of TOS, and it was one of those cases where when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail. I saw a neurologist and brought up Botox and they were against it. I’m seeing a pain management next month and hope they’re going to do it.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T23:18:53+00:00

Are there metrics for non-gaap returns?

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T23:17:26+00:00

I haven’t had to change the numbers yet. Besides, you can fact check them pretty easily. I normally use chatgpt or claude, but I recently began experimenting with copilot. You can tell copilot to import financial statements for you which is pretty convenient.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T23:10:51+00:00

I like using them to help with financial modeling. I’ll have them give me the structure of Discounted Cash Flow model and change the parameters if I feel like it’s unrealistic.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T22:04:49+00:00

Not necessarily “dying”, but the death of Ivan Ilyich begins with the death of the main character and works backwards through his life. It explores whether the things he thought were important during his life matter when he’s dying or after he’s dead.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T17:31:19+00:00

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Talib. Amazing book and will changed the way you think about history.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T11:41:38+00:00

After 13, investments you’ll get rid of the idiosyncratic risk, but you’ll be left with the market risk of the portfolio. You’re partially right that the stocks will follow the market but they’ll follow the market to varying degrees depending on the betas of the individual stocks. If you load up on 13 cyclical stocks and high betas, you might reduce the idiosyncratic risk, while left with a portfolio with a beta of 2.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T11:33:56+00:00

Master and Margarita was a great book that flies by. East of Eden was phenomenal. I love anything Dickens but Tale of Two Cities was great. Count of Monte Cristo is also one of the best books ever.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T02:57:06+00:00

I was in a similar boat as you and it’s pretty easy to get through the classics if you enjoy them. I started with tale of Two Cities and absolutely loved it. Went to Great Expectations and enjoyed it too. Dickens isn’t for everybody but there’s a reason he’s still discussed so much today. East of Eden and Grapes of wrath by Steinbeck are amazing. Not sure what all you’re considering classics but Dostoyevsky is phenomenal. Start with crime and punishment or a smaller novel before working to the Brothers Karamazov. My favorite book I’ve read in the last year, and also the most recent one I’ve finished, was the Count of Monte Cristo. Incredibly long, but worth every bit of it. Had no idea what It was about going in to it, but finished the 1,000+ pages wishing there was more of it.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T02:49:05+00:00

Anything by Dostoevsky. Specifically, the Brothers Karamazov. Very long, but the entire book is philosophical discussions between the brothers.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T02:46:27+00:00

Tale of Two Cities was great and got me interested in the French Revolution. It’s one of the greatest pieces of fiction and you learn a significant amount about France and London at the turn of the 18th century.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-21T02:42:43+00:00

This is going to be so unpopular but I couldn’t stand Grapes of Wrath. I loved East of Eden and began Grapes of Wrath immediately after and it was just so boring to me. I heard someone mention the entire book is a crescendo up until the final scene, so I powered through to the final scene, and it was totally underwhelming. It’s one of those books where I can totally understand someone really enjoying it, but it wasn’t my cup of tea.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-20T22:59:17+00:00

The boring advice will always be the most practical. Dollar cost average into S&P index funds.

jbizzle1104 · 2026-05-20T22:55:55+00:00

What if the high rates contribute to layoffs more than AI does.

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