As of 11/20/2024
Indus: 43,408 +139.53 +0.3%
Trans: 17,002 -26.31 -0.2%
Utils: 1,055 +1.25 +0.1%
Nasdaq: 18,966 -21.33 -0.1%
S&P 500: 5,917 +0.13 +0.0%
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YTD
+15.2%
+6.9%
+19.7%
+26.3%
+24.1%
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 46,000 or 43,000 by 12/01/202418,000 or 16,600 by 12/01/20241,075 or 1,000 by 12/01/202420,000 or 18,400 by 12/01/20246,100 or 5,800 by 12/01/2024 |
As of 11/20/2024
Indus: 43,408 +139.53 +0.3%
Trans: 17,002 -26.31 -0.2%
Utils: 1,055 +1.25 +0.1%
Nasdaq: 18,966 -21.33 -0.1%
S&P 500: 5,917 +0.13 +0.0%
|
YTD
+15.2%
+6.9%
+19.7%
+26.3%
+24.1%
| |
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46,000 or 43,000 by 12/01/202418,000 or 16,600 by 12/01/20241,075 or 1,000 by 12/01/202420,000 or 18,400 by 12/01/20246,100 or 5,800 by 12/01/2024 | ||
This article discusses where the current bull market ranks with other bull markets in both duration and price movement. Last updated: 3/13/2015.
How long does a typical bull market in the Dow industrials last? How far does price rise? To answer those questions, I told my computer to find every bull and bear market since late 1928 (when my data began).
I define a bull market as one in which price rises at least 20% as measured from low to high. A bear market is a drop of at least 20% from high to low.
I threw out all bull or bear markets shorter than three months. Why? To avoid flash crashes or similar behavior. There were some bounces that lasted a day or two but moved the market more than 20%.
| Metric | Result |
| Bull Markets | |
| Average length | 3.0 years (1,091 days) |
| Median length | 2.5 years (924 days) |
| Current* length | 6.0 years (2,097 days) |
| Average rise | 106% |
| Median rise | 74% |
| Current* rise | 177% |
| Bear Markets | |
| Average length | 1 year (361 days) |
| Median length | 1.1 years (386 days) |
| Average decline | 35% |
| Median decline | 30% |
| * as of 3/13/2015 | |
At the link is a spreadsheet that shows the results, not including dividends.
The current bull market began on March 6, 2009 and is longer than 91% of all bull markets as of 3/13/2015. That suggests the market is old, but it does not mean a bear market is imminent.
The above table shows the highlights from the spreadsheet.
The current bull market is 6 years long. That is longer than the average length (3 years) and it also beats the median length of 2.5 years.
The current bull market has climbed 177% during that time. This compares to an average bull market rise of 106% (a double) and a median rise of 74%.
The numbers suggest that for every step backward a stock takes (during a bear market), it takes three steps forward (an average drop of 35% versus an average rise of 106%, not including dividends.
That's good news for people that buy and hold.
-- Thomas Bulkowski
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