S&P 500 Intra-Year Declines vs. Calendar Year Returns – 1984-2024

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S&P 500 Intra-Year Declines vs. Calendar Year Returns – 1984-2024

In the last 40 years, the S&P 500 average intra-year drawdown was -14%.

Even with those pullbacks, the index finished higher in 31 of those 40 years.

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