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Bull markets average +113.9%, bear markets average -35.2%

Avg bull gain %: 113.9%+113.9%Avg bullgain %Avg bear loss %: -35.2%-35.2%Avg bearloss %

Roughly three times larger and three times longer. Source: Ned Davis Research via Hartford Funds.

A bull market is a rise of 20% or more following a decline of the same size. Since 1928 there have been 27 of each: the average advance gained 113.9%, the average decline 35.2%. Up moves are three times larger and three times longer.

27Bull markets since 1928
+113.9%Average gain
992 daysAverage length
+13.6%Average first month

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