May 10, 2011
The S&P 500 closed the day up 0.81% on a bit better volume than yesterday, but still about 20% below the 50-day volume moving average (Monday’s volume was 36% below the 50-MA). The index is 100.6% above the March 9 2009 closing low but 13.3% below the nominal all-time high of October 2007. Here are two charts of the index — with and without the 50 and 200-day moving averages.
For a better sense of how these declines figure into a larger historical context, here’s a long-term view of secular bull and bear markets in the S&P Composite since 1871.
For a bit of international flavor, here’s a chart series that includes an overlay of the S&P 500, the Dow Crash of 1929 and Great Depression, and the so-called L-shaped “recovery” of the Nikkei 225. I update these weekly.
These charts are not intended as a forecast but rather as a way to study the current market in relation to historic market cycles.
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