Like spectacular market peaks, market crashes have been a persistent feature of the S&P 500 throughout time.
The forces underpinning each rise and fall are often less clear. Take the COVID-19 crash, for example. Despite lagging economic growth and historic unemployment levels, the S&P 500 bounced back 47% in just five months, in a stunning reversal.
Drawing data from Macrotrends, the above infographic compares six historic market crashes—examining the length of their recoveries and the contextual factors influencing their durations.
Graphic courtesy of VisualCapitalist.Com
