Understand the Crash

[bijou]

I thought this might be a useful graphic for people to email round.
Hat tip to Dizzy Thinks

[docstew]

I don't really get it.  How can the current crash be the new low when the '29-'32 crash lost 89.1%?  I mean, I know we haven't hit bottom yet, but I doubt it'll drop 90% or more overall before recovery starts, even with 0 talking it down.

[Lacarnut]

I don't really get it.  How can the current crash be the new low when the '29-'32 crash lost 89.1%?  I mean, I know we haven't hit bottom yet, but I doubt it'll drop 90% or more overall before recovery starts, even with 0 talking it down.

I think what the chart shows is that after 16 months of a downward spiral, the recession is only half way to the level of 29 to 32 crash. The bad news is that we have gotten there faster than at any other bear market period with the exception of the depression years.   

[Jim]

thanks for the depressing chart


no really, we need to comprehend what the dems have wrought us again....