Significant Intra-Year Drawdowns Are Common

Both of these statements are true: Historically, the stock market’s general direction has been up. But during a given year, significant drawdowns have been common.

This chart shows the maximum intra-year equity market drawdowns since 1980. From this, we can see how frequently at least one double-digit decline occurs within any given calendar year. In 22 of the last 42 calendar years—more than half of the time—the S&P 500 saw a double-digit pullback within the year.

In every year, there was a market pullback and on average the market experienced a 13% decline. In the years when the S&P did experience a double-digit decline, 14 of those 22 times—or 64% of the time—the market ended the year with a positive return.

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A drawdown is the peak-to-trough decline during a specific record period of an investment, fund or commodity.

The S&P 500 Index is considered generally representative of the U.S. stock market. Indexes are unmanaged, do not entail fees or expenses and are not available for direct investment.

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