On this page you will find charts, which are illustrating the trends of important market indicators during the bear market 2000 - 2003 (the era of so called: "irrational exuberance")

On 24.03.2000, the S&P 500© Index reached a high of 1552.87 points before declining to a low print of 768.63 points on 10.10.2002. So the S&P 500© Index lost 50.50% during this bear market.

In spring 2003 the low was tested once again and the bear market came to an end.

Some possible reasons for the bear market 2000 - 2003:

Greed or so-called "Irrational Exuberance" - © by Alan Greenspan - 05.12.1996 - "The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society" - At the Annual Dinner and Francis Boyer Lecture of The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C. - " ... But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade? ..."
Significant deteriorating "market breadth" (e.g.: Advance-Decline-Line) because of non-confirmation of new all time highs of stock index.
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The US stock market:
Stock index

30 Year US treasury bonds:
Treasury bond futures

3M US Treasury bills yield:

US gold price:

Commodities:
Commodity index

US dollar:

Price-earnings-ratio (P/E) for US stocks:
PE Ratio

Dividend yield for US stocks:

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