Milk Road Stocks(@MilkRoadStocks):The S&P 500 has had 11 bear markets since 1950, with the average drop being ~35%, and the average bear market taking ~14 months to hit bottom. Every drop of 20% or more, on closing prices: 1. 1956-57: -21.5% 2. 1961-62: -28.0% 3. 1966: -22.2% 4. 1968-70: -36.1% 5. 1973-74: -48.2% 6. 1980-82: -27.1% 7. 1987: -33.5% 8. 2000-02: -49.1% 9. 2007-09: -56.8% 10. 2020: -33.9% 11. 2022: -25.4% 2020 was the fastest by far. The index fell 34% in 33 days and was back at a record 5 months later. 1973-74 had the slowest comeback. After the bottom, it took almost 6 years to get back to the old high.

2026.11.01 21:45

The S&P 500 has had 11 bear markets since 1950, with the average drop being ~35%, and the average bear market taking ~14 months to hit bottom. Every drop of 20% or more, on closing prices: 1. 1956-57: -21.5% 2. 1961-62: -28.0% 3. 1966: -22.2% 4. 1968-70: -36.1% 5. 1973-74: -48.2% 6. 1980-82: -27.1% 7. 1987: -33.5% 8. 2000-02: -49.1% 9. 2007-09: -56.8% 10. 2020: -33.9% 11. 2022: -25.4% 2020 was the fastest by far. The index fell 34% in 33 days and was back at a record 5 months later. 1973-74 had the slowest comeback. After the bottom, it took almost 6 years to get back to the old high.

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2026.10.28 10:00

$10K put into the S&P 500 in October 2006 grew to about $80.8K over the next 20 years. Miss its 10 best days and you'd have $35.9K. That's with dividends reinvested, from Oct 26, 2006 to present. → Stayed invested: $80.8K → Missed the 10 best days: $35.9K → Missed the 20 best days: $21.2K → Missed the 30 best days: $13.9K → Missed the 40 best days: $9.5K There were about 5,000 trading days in that stretch. Sitting out the best 40 of them, less than 1%, left you with less than the $10K you started with. All 10 of the best days came during the 2008-09 financial crisis, the 2020 Covid crash or the April 2025 tariff selloff. The biggest was Oct 13, 2008, when the index jumped 11.6%, two trading days after one of its worst drops.