{
  "id": 15170591,
  "title": "Missing the S&P 500's 10 Best Days in 20 Years Cut a $10,000 Investment's Ending Value by More Than Half",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/missing-the-s-p-500s-10-best-days-in-20-years-cut-a-10-000",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-17T09:23:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/17/missing-the-s-and-p-500-s-10-best-days-in-20-years-cut-a-usd10-000-investment-s-ending-value-by-more-than-half/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Over the past two decades, investors who missed the 10 best days of the S&P 500 have seen their initial $10,000 investment's value drop by more than half, ending at around $35,700 instead of $82,300. These key days include the October 2008 rebound of 14.5%, the March 2020 recovery of 8.5%, and the April 2025 bounce of 10.5%. The S&P 500 ETF experienced its worst days alongside these gains, with declines reaching 10.9% and 9.6% in March 2020. While missed days were concentrated during market downturns, investors who avoided the 10 best days altogether would have ended with around $84,300. Despite the allure of potentially higher returns, it appears challenging to avoid both bad and good days without also missing some of the best.",
  "summary": "Most of those 10 days came within two weeks of one of the market's worst days.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Missing the S&P 500's 10 Best Days in 20 Years Cut a $10,000 Investment's Ending Value by More Than Half",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/missing-the-s-p-500s-10-best-days-in-20-years-cut-a-10-000-15171683",
        "published": "2026-10-17T09:43:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}