I came across an interesting graph published by Financialgraphart.com which illustrates the time and magnitude of all bear markets since 1929. The bear market that that we are recently experiencing hit its low point in March of 2009 when the TSX and the Dow Jones declined about 50% from the peak. It took the market about 75 weeks to reach those lows. In comparison the the bear market of the 1929-1932 depression took about 150 weeks to decline almost 90%.
The current day bull market doesn’t seem like it is going to match the 1929 depression bull market as stock indicies have been on the rise for since the lows hit on March 9th 2009.
