A Bear Market Is Coming -- We Just Don't Know When. Here's What History Says You Must Do to Get Through It Relatively Unscathed.
With a plan in place, it's possible to make the most of a bear market.
Overview
On average, the U.S. experiences a bear market every three and a half years. October marks four years since the 2022 bear market ended, when the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) declined by roughly 25%. In other words, we're due.
To be clear, that three-and-a-half-year number is just an average, and no one can fully predict when the next bear market will arrive. And when you look at the year-to-date returns of companies like Sandisk, Moderna, or Dell Technologies, it's hard to imagine a bear market coming anytime soon.
Details
And yet it will. Bear markets are essential for more realistic asset repricing and for setting the stage for the next period of growth.
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Originally published at www.fool.com.