Dividend stocks can be particularly smart buys during market downturns and corrections, as their yields rise when their prices fall -- assuming, of course, that those macroeconomic issues don't result in the companies in question cutting their payouts. But if their dividends are sustainable, buying low means more income for you at a lower cost.

"Our intermediate-term indicators suggest the correction will resume mid- to late April," technical analyst Katie Stockton said this week.

The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are falling after the PCE inflation report amid stock market fears about Trump tariffs.

At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 1.7% at 41,583, the S&P 500 was 2.0% lower at 5,580, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 2.7% to 17,322. All three indexes closed lower on a weekly basis too.

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Assessing whether Trump's recent aggressive tariff talk is all bluster, no muster kept stocks volatile on Tues. S&P 500 erases early losses to end up.

President Trump may have only a narrow window to push through his sprawling policy agenda. But he also needs the U.S. economy to hold up.

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