The following chart is a simple comparison between the big stock bounce that occurred in the wake of the DOW crash of 1929 and the bounce we are seeing today in the S&P 500 index.The method of alignment was simple… take the first definitive up trading day off the bottom of the preceding bear market low and set that as the start of the series… then simply re-base both series to a value of 100 so that they can be compared side-by-side.
The S&P 500 is up over 36% in just about 100 trading days… a fairly aggressive run… even a note of mania to it… and wholly comparable to the price movement seen in the 1930s-era DOW rally.
At this point in the 30s-era DOW, you would have had approximately 9 days to trade out of your positions before the first leg of decline ensued chopping the prior gains nearly in half.
I’m not saying it’s going to happen… Just keeping a watchful eye…
