Five Funds to Buy in a Market Crash

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No one knows if or when a stock market slump could come. And, of course, even if it does, no one knows how long it will last or how far it will go. But instead of watching and trying to time it, why not outsource that job to the best?

Among the many advantages of getting these guys to do your buying in a crash is that it's easy. You can make the phone call from the beach bar if the crash comes while you're on holiday.

And it's worth adding that I am talking here about long-term investment money -- the stuff you won't need back for at least five years, and preferably a lot longer than that. Money you will need sooner should stay in cash or low-risk short-term paper. A crash could lead to a bear market that could take years to work out.

But you're not going to retire early on your CDs. You'll do it on a sound, well-diversified portfolio that you bought at bargain-basement prices. If you should be lucky enough to get that chance, don't pass it up.

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In keeping with TSC's editorial policy, Brett Arends doesn't own or short individual stocks. He also doesn't invest in hedge funds or other private investment partnerships. Arends takes a critical look inside mutual funds and the personal finance industry in a twice-weekly column that ranges from investment advice for the general reader to the industry's latest scoop. Prior to joining TheStreet.com in 2006, he worked for more than two years at the Boston Herald, where he revived the paper's well-known 'On State Street' finance column and was part of a team that won two SABEW awards in 2005. He had previously written for the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail newspapers in London, the magazine Private Eye, and for Global Agenda, the official magazine of the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland. Arends has also written a book on sports 'futures' betting.

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