Bear Markets of the last 100 Years



Beginnig Date
Ending Date
Dow Jones Industrials
Loss
Sep 1899
Sep 1900
78 to 53
-32%
Jun  1901
Nov 1903
78 to 42
-46%
Jan 1906
Nov 1907
103 to 53
-49%
Nov 1909
Sep 1911
101 to 73
-27%
Sep 1912
Jul 1914
94 to 71
-24%
Nov 1916
Dec 1917
110 to 66
-40%
Nov 1919
Aug 1921
120 to 64
-47%
Sep 1929
Jul 1932
381 to 41
-89%
Mar 1937
Mar 1938
194 to 99
-49%
Nov 1938
Apr 1939
158 to 121
-23%
Sep 1939
Apr 1942
156 to 93
-40%
May 1946
Jun 1949
213 to 162
-24%
Apr 1956
Oct 1957
521 to 420
-19%
Jan 1960
Oct 1960
685 to 566
-17%
Dec 1961
Jun 1962
735 to 536
-27%
Feb 1966
Oct 1966
995 to 744
-25%
Dec 1968
May 1972
985 to 631
-36%
Jan 1973
Dec 1974
1052 to 578
-45%
Sep 1976
Feb 1978
1015 to 742
-27%
Apr 1981
Aug 1982
1024 to 777
-24%
Aug 1987
Oct 1987
2722 to 1739
-36%
Jul 1990
Oct 1990
3000 to 2365
-21%
Jul 1998
Sep 1998
9250 to 7800
-16%
Jan 2000
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11850 to ???
Average
-34%