Not exact matches
However, although sharp corrections are somewhat rare (they have only
occurred in nine years since 1962), they have happened more often
during bull
markets than
during bear markets, and thus have often presented buying opportunities historically.
Some of the best buying opportunities could
occur during secular
bear markets, so investors need to be poised to take advantage of potential opportunities.
More chilling still is the -4 % real loss p.a. that
occurred over the worst 30 years of UK bond investing history or the 47 years it took to recover the real purchasing power of your bonds lost
during the
bear market of the 1940s to 1970s.
Only one time since 1957 was the stock
market down a year later following a recession, which
occurred during the 2000 - 2002
bear market.
However, it is true that when the
market does have big down moves (like
during bear markets), they generally
occur during the summer or fall.
A few years ago, Congress created another way to claim AMT credit, designed primarily to provide relief from disastrous results that
occurred when people exercised ISOs before or
during the vicious
bear market that began in 2000.
For the most part,
bear markets have historically
occurred during the first or second years of presidential terms.
But all the really bad disasters, the
bear markets that sunk retirement dreams in my Safe Withdrawal Rate historical simulations, they all
occurred during recessions.