What's interesting to note is that the worst 10 year returns for both periods came right after
huge bear markets in stocks — 1974 in the first instance and 2008 in the second one.
Not exact matches
For example, if you've got a
stock that wasn't doing so well before a
bear market set
in, it probably won't start paying out
huge profits once the
market improves.
83 % said that, even if they felt non-discretionary expenses were safely covered, they wouldn't risk a
huge loss such as they might have seen
in the 2007 - 2009
bear market with an all -
stock portfolio.