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If the S&P 500's Pullback Turns Into a Full-Fledged Bear Market, It Would Be Statistically Unique, According to 76 Years

Apr 08, 2026 09:26 UTC

All 11 S&P 500 bear markets since 1950 share a common trait..

  • Until recently, Wall Street's benchmark indexes were seemingly unstoppable
  • Over the last six months, theS&P 500(^GSPC+0
  • 08%),Nasdaq Composite(^IXIC+0

Until recently, Wall Street's benchmark indexes were seemingly unstoppable. Over the last six months, theS&P 500(^GSPC+0.08%),Nasdaq Composite(^IXIC+0.10%), andDow Jones Industrial Average(^DJI0.18%)touched psychologically important plateaus of 7,000, 24,000, and 50,000, respectively. But what a difference six weeks has made! Since the start of the Iran war on Feb. 28, the Dow and Nasdaq Compositehave briefly dipped into correction territory, while the benchmark S&P 500 has stood a stone's throw away from joining them. Image source: Getty Images. This pullback has some investors questioning wh

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