Bear markets are an unfortunate reality for investors. If you want to own stock, you can't escape an occasional cycle that saps your portfolio's value temporarily.
Fortunately for your net worth, the market does spend more time rising than falling. The downside there is that we sometimes forget what bear markets are like. Each one feels like a new and stressful experience -- where you don't know what's going to happen and when it will all be over.
Quiet the panic with a look back at past bear markets. You'll see that while each downturn is unique, they share one important outcome: recovery.
The durations and percentage declines of these 12 bear markets come from a 2022 market briefing by Yardeni Research.
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