Stock Market Performance During Recessions

Interesting graph to share from http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/
(Click graph below to enlarge)

Total official recessions for the last 80 years = 15 (from year 1926 to 2008)

The following chart from Fidelity gives a very clear breakdown of all 15 recessions, their duration, and severity as far as market damage during and after the recession ended