Famous Bear Markets

There are many definitions of a bear market. Here are some samples:

A long term downtrend (a downtrend lasting months to years) in any market, especially the stock market, characterized by lower intermediate lows (those established in a time frame of weeks to months) interrupted by lower intermediate highs. From Trader Vic- Methods of a Wall Street Master, by Victor Sperandeo.
A bear market is a decline of at least 15% in each of three important stock averages: the Dow Jones Industrials, the S&P 500 Index, and the ...Value Line Index. From Martin Zweig's Winning On Wall Street, by Martin Zweig.
An extended period of price declines.... From Wall Street Words, by David L. Scott.

Here are some famous bear markets for your viewing pleasure:

1987 Crash
1973 - 74 Bear Market
Japan's Nikkei Index
1929 Crash
1997 Crash

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