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United States bear market of 2007–2009: 11 Oct 2007 USA: From their peaks in October 2007 until their closing lows in early March 2009, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 all suffered declines of over 50%, marking the worst stock market crash since the Great Depression era. [16] [17] Financial crisis of 2007–2008 ...
When comparing the highest and lowest points of the stock market during the Kennedy Slide, the paper values of stocks declined 27% during the period of December 1961 and June 1962. The 1929–1932 bear market, which was a substantial cause of the Great Depression, saw a sharp drop of 89%. Many aspects of the Kennedy Slide of 1962 mirrored those ...
During 2006–2007 the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a new all-time high, which has been interpreted by some Elliott Wave analysts as indicating that 2000–2002 was not the beginning of a Grand Supercycle bear market. However, as this new high was merely a nominal new high in US dollars, and not a new high when measured in ounces of ...
Since 1929, the S&P 500 has experienced 25 bear markets.
In the 26 bear markets since 1929, the S&P 500 has lost an average of 35.6% of its value over a typical duration of 289 days or about 9-and-a-half months, according to a report from Hartford Funds.
All told, 27 separate bear and bull markets were analyzed. What this data set showed is that the average bear market for the S&P 500 has lasted just 286 calendar days, or roughly 9.5 months.
An example of a secular bear market occurred in gold from January 1980 to June 1999, culminating with the Brown Bottom. During this period, the market price of gold fell from a high of $850/oz ($30/g) to a low of $253/oz ($9/g). [6] The stock market was also described as being in a secular bear market from 1929 to 1949.
On this day in economic and financial history... For 25 years, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI) looked up at 381 points, an all-time high set at the start of September 1929. For 25 ...