Recessions And Bear Markets Compared

A pandemic of fear
The 2020 coronavirus pandemic caused the fastest market selloff since the 1929 Great Depression.
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S&P 500 market return since pre-recession market peak, as of Mar 14, 2021.Sources: S&P Dow Jones Indices, National Bureau of Economic Research, Yahoo Financeshan.io
Top to bottom
It took up to two and a half years for the stock market to bottom during recent recessions, and almost 5 years to recover the losses.
S&P 500 market return at the bottom since pre-recession market peak, and recovery back to peak.Sources: National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Yahoo Financeshan.io