<prompt> Human: In the last 30 years, the SP500 has had a total 1 year return including dividends greater than 20 11 times. Only 2 times was the following years return negative, although since one of those years is this year, we dont have data for next year so consider that 210 rather than 211.In fact, 3 of those times, the following year was ALSO 20 and another 3 times, the following year was 10.My point is not to make a prediction that the market is not going to experience a correction or even crash, my point is simply that neither an all time high nor a good year is a sign that a crash is imminent and I hope that this will give us at least a one day reprieve from the How do I protect myself from tomorrows market crash that will occur at 3:25 pm? posts.  <response>: Its called not timing the market. Theres no such thing as due for anything in the market as a whole. The market is the market. Its not a pregnancy. 