With the Nasdaq Composite in correction territory, investors should consider investing some cash in the stock market. Corrections are defined as a decline of 10% from an all-time high, but they occur fairly often (just over every year since 1980).

A three-week rout in markets has dragged the S&P 500 more than 10% off its recent high. Meanwhile, Trump refuses to bend on tariffs and shrugs off market woes.

Heard of a stock-market correction, but not quite sure what it means? We’ll help you understand what investors are talking about.