How much contained by %, have the average 401k dropped the concluding two years?
Answers: This question is method to general to answer. It would depend on the investment mix, if someone is contributing, taking income, did they trade or progress any investments?
As a basis for example: The S&P 500 which is an index of the 500 largest companies within the US is higher presently than 2 years ago, the S&P 600 Small Cap (smaller companies) is down 1% from 2 years ago.
In looking through data available to attempt to answer this sound out intelligently, I would say contained by the past two years - given a responsible asset allocation, and no contribution or distribution, values contained by 401k accounts on average are basically impassive.
Actually, its positive for the last two years - but not for the final six months.