How much longer will this bear market go on for?

Amazin

I know this is a tough question and so far this week is not bad at all. I made some new stock purchases but wondering if I should wait longer

masonic

The UK hasn't entered into a bear market (yet). The USA only briefly dipped into bear market territory and S&P500 is currently down only 18% from its previous high. Markets could go up or down from here, as always. If you wait, what will you be waiting for and how will you know when its a good time to invest?

Prism

I could be a few more years or it might all be over. There have been times when certain markets have taken 10+ years to recover.

george4064

As long as it takes.

Try to invest with your long-term goals in mind and ignore any short+term noise, such as this ‘bear’ market.

ChilliBob

Depends what you read really - quite a few articles arguing the point both ways - as in finished nowish, vs will get worse. On balance I'd say more articles err on the it'll get worse scenario.

I think that's why dca seems to be quite a popular option now, despite proof that *most* of the time its an inferior strategy. By most, I think the Pension craft dude Ramin said 70% of the time.

barnstar2077

3 months and 17 days.  Hope this helps!

dunstonh

how much longer will this bear market go on for?

how long is a piece of string.   Most drops recover within a year.  Longer drops are rarer but do occur.  There have been several periods of two loss years in a row in recent generations and you only have to go back 22 years to find three negative years in a row.

Nebulous2

Who knows? It could be over already.

I've around £15k hanging around to invest. Just over a month ago I dipped a toe in the water and spent £4k on a global tracker. It's currently up 6.81%. 

I had intended if it dropped below it's starting point to bung in another £4k, but that hasn't happened,  and I can't make up my mind what to do now. 

Millyonare

The FTSE 100 has been in a bear market since the end of the last century. In real terms, the index has plummeted around -35% between 1999 and 2022. Not all stockmarkets go up.

Prism

Millyonare said:

The FTSE 100 has been in a bear market since the end of the last century. In real terms, the index has plummeted around -35% between 1999 and 2022. Not all stockmarkets go up.

And yet over that period the FTSE 100 has provided a real return of around 100% or 3% per year. Not all stock markets need to go up to make money.

penners324

The day before the first inkling that the war in Ukraine is over is the best time to buy ....