Keep Calm With Our Pros Favorite Investment Quotes (Watch!)

The markets took us on a wild ride this week, so in the interest of keeping you calm, we reached out to our pros and asked for some of the sound investment advice they turn to when the market starts gyrating.
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It wasn't an easy week for investors.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a whopping 700 points at one point on Thursday. And while it finished the week down 5.7%, the S&P 500 also was down almost 6% and the Nasdaq Composite was down 6.5% over the last five, the stock market definitely is not settled - and will probably keep gyrating for a while.

So right on cue, out come the "bear market" fearmongers. A bear market occurs when the stock market is down 20% or more, from highest point to subsequent lowest point.

And while we are not there yet, bear markets happen. They actually happen every 3-4 years and could last for up to a year.

It's a necessary part of market cycles.

But we get that it's nerve-wracking.

So we asked TheStreet's sources for some of their favorite pieces of investment advice to help keep you calm as the market figures itself out. So watch our video above.

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