The Truth About Bear Markets

We can’t control the market, and we can’t control the overall timing with which we invest. All we can do is play the cards that we are dealt, invest early and often, and steel ourselves to.

In today’s story, let’s explore what it really feels like to be mauled by a bear. We’ll go down memory lane on three of the worst bear markets in recent history.

The Truth About Bear Markets 

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Our first journey starts in 2008. That year saw one of the sharpest stock market declines on record.

Trip Down Memory Lane

As a result, someone starting with a $100,000 portfolio ended the year with just $67,000 to their name – and that’s after they contributed $6,000 in new money.

Let’s now rewind the clock back another ten years or so, all the way to that fateful January 2000. At the time, investors were riding the dot-com sugar high, and little did they know that the party was about to come to an extremely painful end.

Going Back In Time

For our last case study of the day, let’s go all the way back to January 1973. Well, it all started with a one-two combination of a 15% decline and a 26% decline in 1973 and 1974.

Digging Deep

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