Treasury yields, it was often said, act as a daily referendum on the sitting government, credit spreads provide the surest and most dispassionate assessment of corporate health, and bond vigilantes were the last line of defense against rogue politicians or company CEOs bent on pursuing damaging spending policies.

The Russell 2000, which includes small companies that are more sensitive to downdrafts in the economy than those in the S&P 500, appears likely to enter a bear market.

Stock market corrections also tend to serve up opportunities for long-term investors to put money to work. Here are two stocks that look especially attractive right now, both of which are down more than 20% in the past month. Both are top-10 investments in my portfolio and ones I plan to add to if the current prices persist.

The 10% trigger for a correction is an arbitrary, round-number threshold. But it serves as a signal that investors have turned pointedly more pessimistic about the market.

On-again, off-again tariffs, mass government layoffs, funding cuts and immigration crackdowns have seriously spooked Wall Street, which is emphatically rejecting President Donald Trump’s chaotic economic agenda.

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