S&P 500 Now Down 52% From All-Time High
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 2/25/2009 — There have now only been two periods in the history of the S&P; 500 where the index declined more than 50% from an all-time high -- 1929 and now. In the first chart below, we highlight the percentage change from the S&P; 500's most recent all-time ...

Likely S&P 500 Bottom: 600, Down 40% From Here
clusterstock.com 11/3/2008 — GranthamS&Pprofitmargins.png The good news: The S&P 500 is trading near fair value. The bad news: If the current post-bubble low follows previous post-bubble lows, the S&P 500 will probably bottom around 600. First things first, however: Long-term ...

How high will the S&P 500 go?
stockpunk.blogspot.com 7/27/2009 — What a week! I was looking for a big down day that never came. Fortunately, as a day trader, I can take advantage of unpredictable moves in the markets without the emotional stress that holding overnight creates.Adam Hewison's latest video attempts to explain where we are in the price movement ...

S&P 500 Support Levels
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 9/25/2009 — With major equity indices pulling back again this morning, we wanted to highlight some of the key levels of support for the index. With regards to its 50-day moving average (DMA) of 1,010, the S&P; 500 is still over 4% above that level. Looking at the ...

Overbought Levels and Lengths
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 5/5/2009 — Investors are worried that the market is set to pull back now that we have reached overbought levels (1 standard deviation above the 50-DMA). However, markets can stay overbought for long periods of time just as they stayed oversold for months at a ...

S&P 500 Moving Averages
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 3/11/2009 — Even after today's rally of over 4%, the S&P; 500 remains more than 13% below its 50-day moving average (DMA) and over 30% below its 200-DMA. In order to reach the 50-DMA, the S&P; would have to rally an additional 15.1%. While a rally of 15% seems ...

S&P 500 Net New Highs
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 9/27/2009 — The S&P; 500 closed at another high for 2009 today, but still remains well below its 52-week high of 1,255 (9/22/08). As the market has rallied, we have been watching the number of stocks in the index making new 52-week highs for confirmation of the ...

S&P 500 Financial Sector Overbought
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 4/19/2009 — The S&P; 500 Financial sector is now 28.5% above its 50-day moving average. Below we highlight the historical 50-day moving average % spread for the sector going back to 1990 (as far back as daily sector pricing goes). As shown, just as the sector hit ...

How Low Can The Market Go?
businessinsider.com 3/2/2009 — On days like today, it helps to look at the silver lining. Here it is: The farther stocks fall, the cheaper they get--and the higher the expected long-term return becomes. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean we don't have a long way to go on the ...

U.S.
bloomberg.com 11/18/2008 — S&P 500 Index's `Retest' of Low Fails to Spur Rally (Update1) By Elizabeth Stanton Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is poised to extend this year's 42 percent drop after a rally from last week's five-year low lasted just one day, ...