Tag Archive 'Bear markets'

The Four Bad Bears

Doug Short has a bunch of interesting charts on bear markets (click permalink for larger, easier to read version of chart)

You can take a look at what the bottoming process has looked like for all the bear markets since WWII here. Hat tip: Calculated Risk.
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What does a Bear Market look like?

John Hussman is always worth a read. I like this from his letter this morning:
As I wrote in April 2000, bear market psychology typically evolves something like this:
“This is my retirement money. I can’t afford to be out of the market anymore!”
“I don’t care about the price, just get me in!!”
“It’s a healthy correction”
“See, it’s [...]