With the Nasdaq Composite in correction territory, investors should consider investing some cash in the stock market. Corrections are defined as a decline of 10% from an all-time high, but they occur fairly often (just over every year since 1980).

Wall Street's major averages rose higher in Friday's afternoon trade, a day after stocks closed in correction territory as President Donald Trump's tariff feuds hit investor sentiment. The benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) was last  +1.

The tech sector has been getting hammered so far this year, down 10.5% at the time of this writing, which is slightly worse than the Nasdaq Composite. The Nasdaq is in a correction -- down over 13% from its all-time high at the time of this writing.