Stock Gains After Big Declines

History Shows That Stock Gains Can Add Up After Big Declines

Chart - Stock Gains After Big Declines

Sudden market downturns can be unsettling. But historically, US equity returns following sharp downturns have, on average, been positive.

  • A broad market index tracking data since 1926 in the US shows that stocks have tended to deliver
    positive returns over one-year, three-year, and five-year periods following steep declines.
  • Cumulative returns show this to striking effect. Five years after market declines of 10%, 20%, and 30%, the compounded returns all top 50%.
  • Viewed in annualized terms across the longest, five-year period, returns after 10%, 20%, and 30% declines have been close to the historical annualized average over the entire period of 9.6%. (1)

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(1) The average annualized returns for the five-year period after 10% declines were 9.33%; after 20% declines, 9.66%; and after 30% declines, 7.18%.

This post was prepared and first distributed by Dimensional Fund Advisors.

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