by Calculated Risk on 4/09/2009 03:45:00 PM

Another day, another big swing ...

Dow up 3.1% (back above 8,000)

S&P 500 up 3.8%

NASDAQ up 3.9%

Click on graph for larger image in new window.

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

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.

This puts the recent rally into perspective - the S&P is still off about 45% from the 2007 high.