![]() ![]() We have a range of less than 1% of trading days in the 2000s to more than 12% in the 1990s and 2020s (it’s still early in this decade). Here are those numbers along with the average drawdown on any given day during each of these decades: So if we add all of these new all-time highs up, we can get a better sense of how often they occur. ![]() There are roughly 2,500 trading days for the stock market over the course of a decade. ![]() Here’s a look at the number of new all-time highs by decade 1 going back to 1950: You’re not going to find a generational buying or selling opportunity once every month. The S&P 500 is still well off all-time highs but we’ve experienced a nice sustained bounce from the lows as well:īy definition, most of the time we simply cannot always be near a top or a bottom. We’ve lived through a series of tops and bottoms.Īnd now…we’re kind of in the middle. Then the Great Inflation hit and 2022 was a nasty bear market. From there the stock market saw its quickest doubling from a bear market low in history.Ģ021 was another banner year for stocks. We all became accustomed to the stock market being an event, not a process.įollowing a long and winding bull market throughout the 2010s, the pandemic hit and the stock market went into a 30% bear market at its fastest rate in history. The last 3 years or so probably have a lot to do with this mindset. Your head knows that lower prices in the short-run are a good thing when you’re going to be a net saver for years to come.īut your heart would like to see the balance of your current portfolio move up and to the right at all times. Sometimes your head and your heart don’t align when it comes to the stock market. It would help to hear your best and worst-case scenarios between new all-time highs this year and a 1970s environment where we go sideways for years to come. I got caught up investing in tech in 20 so I’m down way more than the S&P 500 (probably down 25-30% from my previous highs). I’m in my late-30s so I know I should look at this environment as an opportunity to buy at lower prices but I’m sick of the bear market. ![]()
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