when things go kerflooey, just like a wagon til in the 1800s, buy them down to get take better basis or average price for your holdings. why does this matter so much? because we must expect corrections and much expect declines as a matter of course of the more on that later in the show.. we must anticipate the days where we wake up and hear good people on "squawk box" saying futures are down, down a great deal and market looks to open down half a percent. you've heard that so many times. we've learned so much over the years about what triggers corrections. more on that later too. the most important thing is to have a game plan, where you know that even when you've done all of the homework and have the discipline dictates that you must assume there's something you don't know going on with your individual stocks or that there's something happening in the world that is beyond the control of your acumen and you're being victimized by the events of the market. my ranking system will get you through the chaotic times. when all others around you or fumbling and fretting and they n't take it