What is a price?  It&#x27;s the amount two people agree to transact for, nothing more.<p>Price trends don&#x27;t necessarily mean anything, and corrections are <i>good</i> as much as they are bad.<p>A correction means the previous price was incorrect, yet when prices fall humans sentimentally believe the old, higher price must have been correct. It&#x27;s ridiculous.<p>Governments take extensive measures to control prices and to alter public perception of risk.  Sometimes this adds stability to prices, but it often sets things up for a more drastic correction later.<p>Some investors are over-leveraged and must cash out to avoid ruin. Others are speculators trying to ride various trends, but in the end we all benefit from prices being corrected.