Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 drawdown: 1.4% below the all-time high (price)
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 is 1.4% below its all-time high, set Sep 21, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 21, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −1.4%
- 98.6% of ATH
- All-time high
- $95.35
- Sep 21, 2026
- Time below the high
- 30 days
- since Sep 21, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −65.7%
- Feb 23, 2009
- Longest underwater
- 7.4 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Sep 3, 2026
- 48 days ago
- Last time this deep
- Sep 16, 2026
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2002: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2007 | Feb 23, 2009 | −65.7% | 16 mo | Dec 15, 2010 | 3.1 yrs |
| Jul 28, 2014 | Mar 23, 2020 | −52.9% | 5.7 yrs | Dec 22, 2021 | 7.4 yrs |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Oct 27, 2023 | −46.5% | 1.6 yrs | Jan 5, 2026 | 3.8 yrs |
| Feb 17, 2011 | Nov 25, 2011 | −25.9% | 9 mo | Nov 13, 2013 | 2.7 yrs |
| Jun 7, 2002 | Oct 9, 2002 | −23.6% | 4 mo | Feb 21, 2003 | 9 mo |
| Apr 7, 2004 | May 17, 2004 | −15.7% | 40 days | Aug 25, 2004 | 5 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2002: how far Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 from its all-time high?
- Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 is currently 1.4% below its all-time high, set Sep 21, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 21, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2002) took Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 65.7% below its prior high, bottoming Feb 23, 2009. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from BNS; no free deep history exists for Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.