As an index fund investor, how often do you expect to be down? How much will you be down 30% or 50%. The declines are usually triggered by a very specific event. And for me, more than the percentage draw down, i tend think about, like, how long could i go with negative returns? If you look at the s and p 500, there's a period in the 19 seventies to early 19 eighties where, adjusted for inflation, you went 15, 20 years without making any money.

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