If a Bear Market Is Coming in 2026, Here's What History Says Investors Should Do Right Now
Over the last 60 years, we've averaged one bear market every six years.
Overview
There have been roughly 27 bear markets since the stock market crash of 1929, but most of them occurred before 1970. Since 1970, there have been 10.
So, in the past 60 years, there has been a bear market, on average, every six years. Our last bear market, defined as the market dropping at least 20% from its recent high, was in 2022, when the market fell about 25% from January 2022 through mid-October.
Details
If you simply play the averages, it would suggest that we are due for another bear market in the next two years. Of course, the market doesn't work that way. We went 13 years without a bear market from 1987 until 2000, and 11 years without one from 2009 until 2020.
Source
Originally published at www.fool.com.