stock market facts

[Doug Henwood]

Today's close in the S&P 500 is 46.3% off its 3/24/00 high. That's a 
hair behind the 10/3/74 low in the last serious bear market, -48.2%. 
It took 630 days to make the low in 1973-74, and 850 to get to 
today's. But there's a way to go before matching the low of 5/32 
(using monthly rather than daily data): -82.3%

The Nasdaq is 74.6% off its 3/10/00 high. The Dow is off a mere 33.6% 
from its 1/14/00 high.

The bull market was a big political, social, and cultural phenomenon. 
The bear market probably will be too. WITBD?

Doug