Monday, May 04, 2009

Stock Market Update

By popular demand ...

Stock Market Crashes Click on graph for larger image in new window.

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

The S&P 500 is up 34% from the bottom, and still off 42% from the peak.

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

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.

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