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  • bee October 2022
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“The Complete History of Bear Markets” (Article)

hank
edited October 2022 in Other Investing
“There have been 28 bear markets since 1928. The average decline was 35.62%, and the average length of time was 289 days.”

Read full article here.

I realize this article is an oversimplification. It appears to measure only the length in days of market declines and not the time needed for investors to recoup losses. Further, I don’t view what we are in today as “average” or “typical”. As bear markets go, I’m expecting worse than “average” - but would love to be proven wrong!

* Figures are based on the S&P 500 index as noted at the top of article.

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  • beebee
    edited October 2022
    PV does a nice job of Max DD and recovery:

    Here the S&P 500 since 1985...select "drawdown" tab to see this information.

    S&P 500 Since 1985

    Should look like this:
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