Stocks 15th Oct '20 Intra-year declines Nice chart showing annual stock market performance (bars) as well as intra-year declines (red-dots). Despite intra-year falls of an average -13.8%, 30 of the last 40 years have seen positive annual returns. Source. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)