{"id":55003,"date":"2024-12-19T06:11:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T06:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=55003"},"modified":"2024-12-19T06:11:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T06:11:21","slug":"how-to-defend-against-more-3-sp-500-down-days-like-wednesday-sp500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=55003","title":{"rendered":"How To Defend Against More 3% S&#038;P 500 Down Days Like Wednesday (SP500)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-id=\"author-root\">\n<p class=\"mb-12 text-medium-2-r text-share-text-3\">This article was written by<\/p>\n<div class=\"mb-12 flex justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center relative size-44 rounded-full\" data-test-id=\"user-pic-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button data-state-text=\"Following\" class=\"ihjjQ py-8 px-18 o7ZP8 ml-8 mt-0 shrink-0 self-baseline text-small-b relative inline-flex cursor-pointer select-none items-center whitespace-nowrap break-words transition-colors hover:no-underline motion-reduce:transition-none rounded-4 border-black bg-black text-white hover:bg-black-70 disabled:border-transparent disabled:bg-black-20 dark:border-black-10 dark:bg-black-10 dark:text-black dark:hover:border-black-10 dark:hover:bg-black-10 dark:disabled:bg-black-30 w-auto min-h-28 justify-center border px-12 py-1 text-medium-r\" data-test-id=\"follow-button\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"wMAFB relative flex justify-center\" data-state-placeholder=\"Following\"><span class=\"absolute\">Follow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-medium-2-r\">\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden\">\n<div>\n<p>I&#8217;m Rob Isbitts, founder of Sungarden Investment Publishing. 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