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The S&P 500 fell 51.93%, then another 27.62% after the bottom
Down 8.79%, up 11.58%, down 9.04%, up 10.79%, down 8.93%. Six weeks in which the market moved more than 8% on five separate days in both directions.
Bear markets do not end where memory places them. The S&P 500 fell 51.93% between October 2007 and November 2008, then a separate decline took another 27.62% by March 2009. The real low came four months later than most people recall.
-51.93%Peak to trough
408 daysLength
-27.62%Second leg, early 2009
89.53Highest VIX ever traded
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