{"id":32674,"date":"2022-05-10T03:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T03:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=32674"},"modified":"2022-05-10T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T03:31:11","slug":"its-a-bear-market-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/10\/its-a-bear-market-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a bear market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The S&amp;P 500 broke primary support at 4170 to confirm a bear market. A Trend Index peak at zero warns of strong selling pressure.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-spx.png?resize=525%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500\" width=\"525\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Nasdaq 100 similarly broke support at 13K, confirming the bear market.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-ndx.png?resize=525%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nasdaq 100\" width=\"525\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dow Jones Industrial Average, already in a primary down-trend, confirmed the bear market with a break below 32.5K.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-dow.png?resize=525%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dow Jones Industrial Average\" width=\"525\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Average lags slightly, testing primary support at 14.5K. Follow-through below 14K would be the final nail in the coffin.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-djt.png?resize=525%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dow Jones Transportation Average\" width=\"525\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A plunging Freightwaves National Truckload Index warns that we should not have long to wait.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-freightwaves.png?resize=525%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Freightwaves Truckload Index\" width=\"525\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>All major US stock market indices now warn of a bear market. Weak retracement, to test new resistance levels, should not be confused with a buy-the-dip opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/hedgeye.png?resize=525%2C328&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500\" width=\"525\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The S&amp;P 500 broke primary support at 4170 to confirm a bear market. A Trend Index peak at zero warns of strong selling pressure. The Nasdaq 100 similarly broke support at 13K, confirming the bear market. Dow Jones Industrial Average, already in a primary down-trend, confirmed the bear market with a break below 32.5K. The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/10\/its-a-bear-market-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s a bear market&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,34],"tags":[398,1113,1124,5461,2401,3010],"class_list":["post-32674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stock-markets","category-us-canada-countries-regions","tag-bear-market","tag-dow-jones-industrial-average","tag-dow-jones-transportation-average","tag-freightwaves-national-truckload-index","tag-nasdaq-100","tag-sp-500"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It&#039;s a bear market - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It&#039;s a bear market - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The S&amp;P 500 broke primary support at 4170 to confirm a bear market. 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The Nasdaq 100 likewise broke primary support\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;UK &amp; Europe&quot;","block_context":{"text":"UK &amp; Europe","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/uk-europe-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dow Jones Industrial Average","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-18-dow.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-18-dow.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-18-dow.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-18-dow.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":61334,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/07\/loaded-for-bear\/","url_meta":{"origin":32674,"position":3},"title":"Loaded for bear","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"March 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump's on-again-off-again trade war with Canada and Mexico has ramped up uncertainty, causing a violent swing to risk-off in financial markets. 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We\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Australia &amp; NZ&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Australia &amp; NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"S&P 500","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-06-spx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-06-spx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-06-spx.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2406,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/28\/2406\/","url_meta":{"origin":32674,"position":4},"title":"S&#038;P 500 breaks 1200","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"November 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The S&P 500 index broke medium-term support at 1200 and is headed for a test of the primary level at 1100. Failure would offer a target of 900*. The 63-day Twiggs Momentum peak below zero warns of a primary down-trend. * Target calculation: 1100 - ( 1300 - 1100 )\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Stock Markets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Stock Markets","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/stock-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31217,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/26\/global-markets-rally\/","url_meta":{"origin":32674,"position":5},"title":"Global markets rally","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"February 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Volatility is elevated and markets have, understandably, gone into risk-off mode. Bitcoin (BTC) found support at 34K, before retracing to test short-term resistance at 40K, but remains in a strong down-trend. Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied strongly to test former primary resistance at 34K. 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