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What is the average length of BULL and BEAR market?

if the returns are based on S&P500 index


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By Chris Kim - Tompkins Financial Advisors
Answered 7 months ago

Average length of BEAR market: 14 months
Average length of BULL market: 68 months
for the past 85 years

A bear market is defined as a peak-to-trough decline in the S&P 500 Index (price only) of 20% or more. The bull run data reflect the market expansion from the bear market low to the subsequent market peak.
All returns are S&P 500 Index returns from 1926 to 2010, and do not include dividends.

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