Getting The Big Picture: A Market Snapshot
In all the emotion and uncertainty of today’s turbulent markets, we tend to lose sight of the big picture. Well, at least I do. The human mind has the unrivaled ability to forget, or to distort memories and experience, or to think things are alright whereas they are not, or to think things are going down the drain whereas they won’t…
I bumped into a website today, which provides exactly that: the big picture. Which crises did we have in the past, how did the major exchanges develop during the past 100 years, and where do we stand today in comparison to past major bear markets?
Since I am not in favor of simply copying material, below are the links in question:
- S&P 500 Index: Current Market Snapshot (Daily closes from 10/9/2007 – Present)
- S&P Composite: 1871 – Present (Inflation-Adjusted Secular Highs and Lows)
- The “Real” (Inflation-Adjusted) Mega-Bears
Since I am not the hardcore-type of international investments expert, I want to spare any additional comments on these charts about possible future developments. But there are some amazing similarities…
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