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by JumpCrisscross 464 days ago
> a 10% drop happens on average every 1.2 years

You’re averaging a non-averageable time series.

> If you can't tolerate 10% drops on a regularly occurring basis

The point is to look at data together. A 10% drop on its own isn’t much. A 10% drop alongside crashing ISM indices and the President being noncommittal on a coming recession is another.