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Tariffs tanked the stock market. Did investors panic and sell? Here's the data.

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Vanguard tracked the behavior of its “self-directed” clients between April 3 and 9 .

Only 8.4% of investors executed trades on any of those days , reacting to the volatile market by buying or selling stocks.

Most investors who made trades did so on only one of the five trading days .

The turbulence of early April created opportunities for anyone looking to buy stocks on sale.

If you're leery about the volatility of individual stocks, one alternative is to purchase broad index funds.

Another option is to look “for stocks that are not quite as sensitive to swings,” said BlackRock .

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