by Calculated Risk on 4/17/2009 04:00:00 PM

While we wait for the FDIC ...

Here is a link to Jim the Realtor on Nightline last night.

Click on graph for larger image in new window.

The first graph is from Doug Short of dshort.com (financial planner): "Four Bad Bears".

This is still the 2nd worst S&P 500 / DOW bear market in the U.S. in 100 years.

Note that the Great Depression crash is based on the DOW; the three others are for the S&P 500.

The second graph shows the S&P 500 since 1990.

The dashed line is the closing price today.

The half off sale is over (for now), and the market is only off 44.4% from the peak.