by Tim Plaehn
Since the bottom of the Great Financial Crisis bear market in March 2009, the S&P has seen 30 (yes, 30!) corrections of 5% or greater.
The average decline was 7.6%. Ten of the drops exceeded 10%, and four of those in 2011, 2018, 2020, and 2022 reached bear market territory.
If you had stayed invested in an S&P 500 ETF from March 2009 to the present, you would have achieved a total return of 1,000%. Yes, one thousand percent! That level of gains would have turned $1,000 into $10,000.
The lesson is not to give in to fear and sell when the market goes into a correction. If you stand pat, stock prices will recover, and your wealth will be fine.
If you can make added investments during downturns, you will be that much wealthier coming out the other side of the decline.
Source: Investors Alley
https://tradesoftheday.com/2025/03/27/t ... pt-secret/
