Market History Archives - The Big Picture

Down 34%, up 44%. This is a mere few months in the 2020 market. Up 10%, down 10% — thats a day or two. The...

Source: JPMorgan I have been showing various graphs from the Big Book of Charts – or as it is formally known, JP...

Is this a Dead Cat Bounce or End of the Bear market? My method for understanding which is admittedly peculiar: I concoct a novel, often...

Michael Batnick & I discuss the possibility that the events of this spring turn out to be just a cyclical bear market within the...

Succinct Summations for the week ending April 3rd, 2020 Positives: 1. 90% of the US is now under Shelter-in-Place orders, which should...

Maybe Coronavirus Didn’t End the Bull Market Every rally or bust has large counter moves that may not be a real break...

Ben sits down with investor, author and market historian William Bernstein to put the current crash into perspective with history’s...

Maybe Coronavirus Didn’t End the Bull Market Every rally or bust has large counter moves that may not be a real break...

A number of media outlets, including Barron’s, CNN, and Marketwatch, have suggested that the 20% move off of the lows qualifies as a...

Are crowds collectively “smarter” than any one individual? Are markets all that efficient? How much does Mr. Market actually know...