Will the Stock Market Crash in 2022?
It is impossible to know the future -- or at least the details of it -- with complete certainty. No one can know for sure whether there will be a market downturn tomorrow, next week, or next year. But that doesn't mean there aren't clues that can point us to a reasonable answer to this question: How likely is it that we will experience a market crash in the next 12 months?
Let's look at several reasons why it's more probable than you think -- and more importantly, what's the best way to handle it if it does happen.
A market crash is defined as a 20% drop from an index's most recent high. Since 1945, these events have occurred roughly once every 5.4 years. Given that we experienced a downturn in 2020, this historical trend would suggest we are off the hook -- at least as far as downturns are concerned -- for a little while longer.
Source Fool.com
