5 Ways the Stock Market Can Recover After a Crash
Just this year, we've seen the S&P 500 lose 30% of its value and then dramatically regain those losses within five months. If you were investing in 2007, that swift climb back to positive performance might strike you as pretty odd. But in truth, the market's behavior since March follows one of the more common recovery patterns.
Stock market and economic recovery patterns are named after letters, which represent the shape the recovery resembles when it's plotted on a trendline. Here is a closer look at five of them and how they might affect you.
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