The stock market’s four tiers of fear

Dec 4, 2025
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RBC Capital Markets has mapped out Four Tiers of Fear for equity downside.

Tier 1 “garden-variety pullbacks” are the most common, defined as 5–10% drawdowns in the S&P 500 (SP500) (SPY) (IVV) (VOO

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