S&P 500, Nasdaq Reward Dip Buyers After 10 and 14 Corrections Since 2010
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 19
S&P 500, Nasdaq Reward Dip Buyers After 10 and 14 Corrections Since 2010
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 19
Summary
13% gains in the S&P 500 and 15% in the Nasdaq this year have not changed the core lesson from past selloffs: investors who bought broad index funds during corrections ended up profitable.
Since 2010, the S&P 500 has logged 10 corrections and the Nasdaq 14, including two and four bear markets respectively, yet both indexes eventually recovered all losses.
Those pullbacks have been frequent—the S&P 500 has entered correction territory about once every 18 months and the Nasdaq about once every 13 months—making market timing especially difficult.
Elevated energy prices, possible interest-rate increases and other long-term shocks could still trigger the next downturn, reinforcing the case for staying invested and buying declines.