2 Growth Stocks You'll Want to Own When the Bear Market Is Over
Predicting when exactly a bear market will end is practically impossible, so investors are left watching and waiting right now as the benchmark S&P 500 index languishes down 20% in 2022. But here's the good news: We do have the benefit of nearly a century's worth of data that offers clues as to when this difficult period might be over.
Going back to 1929, the average S&P 500 bear market lasted 289 days (or nine and a half months). Given that the current one became official on June 13, it has already spanned a little more than six months, which implies we could be about three months away from the end.
But it might not be that simple. Soaring inflation is a headwind to the U.S. economy, and although there are signs it's slowing down, it could continue to impact the stock market in the short term until the inflation rate moves closer to the Federal Reserve's annualized target of 2% (it's currently 7.1%).
Source Fool.com
