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Since 2009 the S&P has had two 5-10% corrections. Both were short lived. FED stimulas of all kinds may have played a role in propping up our markets. I believe a decline of -20% or more would be necessary to be considered a "bear market". Watching the 200dma average of a mutual fund or ETF is one way of gauging its "bullish" or "bearish" performance.
Some investors use the 200 day moving average (200 dma) as a buy and sell signal indicator. This type of investor would have bought recently into a S&P 500 fund like VFINX which I highlight below (green arrows are buys and red arrows are sells and gold line is the 200 dma):
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Since 2009 the S&P has had two 5-10% corrections. Both were short lived. FED stimulas of all kinds may have played a role in propping up our markets. I believe a decline of -20% or more would be necessary to be considered a "bear market". Watching the 200dma average of a mutual fund or ETF is one way of gauging its "bullish" or "bearish" performance.
Some investors use the 200 day moving average (200 dma) as a buy and sell signal indicator. This type of investor would have bought recently into a S&P 500 fund like VFINX which I highlight below (green arrows are buys and red arrows are sells and gold line is the 200 dma):