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3 factors have driven double-digit stock market losses in the last 100 years. They're all in play.
Yahoo Finance· 2026-03-25 10:00
Stock market history has a few lessons for investors. One of the most potent is that stocks usually go up. Another is that stocks usually have pullbacks greater than 10% every year. (The average drawdown in the last 40 years is 14.2% intrayear, according to JPMorgan.) And in the relatively rare instances where stocks have seen declines greater than 10% in a calendar year, one of three reasons has been the trigger. Sign up for the Yahoo Finance Morning Brief By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo ...