Here are 5 things that need to happen before the stock market can settle down On Friday, the Dow fell more than 500 points at one point as the stock market has entered a correction - defined as a 10% decline from recent highs - to start 2016. And while investors might be looking at this a number of ways, Rich Barry at the NYSE said in an email on Friday afternoon that in order for the market to stabilize - let alone rally - five things need to happen.