Bear Market Recovery: How Long Are We in For?

They say all good things must come to an end, and that holds true for the stock market as well. After a rather impressive run, the market finally plunged into bear market territory on March 11, sending a large number of investors into full-blown panic.

Not familiar with a bear market? It's a period when stock values drop at least 20% from a recent high, and typically stay down for a while. Market corrections, by contrast, are drops of 10% or more, but they tend to be more short-lived.

So now that we're in a bear market, what happens next? How long will it take the stock market to recover? And what should you do as an investor to keep your cool -- and avoid losses -- during this turbulent time?

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