Equities have continued to march higher early in 2018, following the strong finish to what was a terrific year in 2017. As of this writing (January 17th), the S&P 500’s 3.9% advance in the first 10 trading days is the ninth best start to a year in history. The S&P 500 advanced an average of 20% in the other 8 years of returns better than 2018’s start. Still, in EVERY one of those eight years, there was an intra-year drawdown of at least 7%, with an average drawdown of 13%. 14% happens to be the NORMAL yearly intra-year decline over the past 38 years. 2017 witnessed the smallest decline (3%) in over 20 years (see below) and while we at Fundamentum continue to like equities, it would be highly unlikely for 2018 to experience another year without pullbacks, so the simple message today is….let’s not forget that drawdowns are normal, healthy and likely!
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Sources: JP Morgan Asset Management & Strategas Research
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