Investment Tips in Wake of Stock Market Drop

Beverly Hills - Stocks closed sharply lower after investors sold stocks with abandon, convinced that we're headed for a new recession.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 527 points, the second consecutive rout since the Federal Reserve announced a change in strategy for fighting the economic slowdown.

At the close of trading, the Dow was down 391.01 points, or 3.5 percent, at 10,733.83. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 37.18, or 3.2 percent, to 1,129.58. The Nasdaq composite fell 82.52, or 3.3 percent, to 2,455.67.

What should a stock market investor do? Peter Cunningham, Senior Vice President of Stock Cross Brokers, has some advice in the video report.