How can I protect my 401(k) from a coronavirus-driven market downturn?

How can I protect my 401(k) from a coronavirus-driven market downturn?

MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto How can investors protect their 401(k) and other retirement savings from being depleted when they’re watching the stock market drop?

All three major stock indexes fell at the market open on Monday. The S&P 500 SPX, +0.55% fell more than 7%, causing a halt in trading for 15 minutes, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.36% fell more than 5% and the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.72% was down 4.3% that morning . The indexes rebounded at the open on Tuesday.

The last month has been hard on investors. Stocks fell into correction territory in February, around the […]

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