Despite numerous recessions and market crashes over the past century, the stock market has averaged around 10% annual return.
"over the last century we have seen 16 recessions over the last century we have seen about 25 bare markets meaning about 25 Market crashes so markets go up markets go down but despite the 25 bare markets despite the 16 recessions over the last century the stock market has gone up by around 10% a year on average"