{"id":61354,"date":"2025-03-11T23:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=61354"},"modified":"2025-03-12T00:36:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T00:36:19","slug":"bear-market-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/bear-market-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bear market confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 41,433 after marginally breaking primary support at 42,000 yesterday. This confirms a bear market in terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/technical\/dow_theory_trends.php#dow-theory-bull-bear-market-confirmation\">Dow Theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-11-dow.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dow Jones Industrial Average\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Confirmation comes after an earlier bear signal, breaching primary support on the Transportation Average below.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-11-dowt.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dow Jones Transportation Average\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The S&amp;P 500 also signals a primary downtrend after breaching support at 5,800, strengthening the Dow bear signal.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-11-spx.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The equal-weighted S&amp;P 500 index ($IQX) was the last shoe to drop, breaking primary support at 7,000 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-11-iqx.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500 Equal-Weighted Index\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Further confirmation comes from the Russell 2000 Small Caps ETF (IWM), in a primary downtrend after breaking support at 214.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-11-iwm.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Russell 2000 Small Cap ETF (IWM)\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Nasdaq QQQ ETF also broke primary support at 500, warning of a 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\/2025\/2025-03-11-qqq.png?resize=525%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ)\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>We now have confirmation of a bear market from all the major indexes.<\/p>\n<p>Bear markets typically result in a 30 to 50 percent drawdown. With stock valuations at <a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/08\/us-weekly-market-snapshot-4\/\">extremes<\/a>, this one is unlikely to disappoint.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-03-07-us-stock-value-gauge.png?resize=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stock Market Pricing Indicator\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 41,433 after marginally breaking primary support at 42,000 yesterday. This confirms a bear market in terms of Dow Theory. Confirmation comes after an earlier bear signal, breaching primary support on the Transportation Average below. 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Canada is in no mood to back down. Foreign Minister Melanie Joly responded to the latest twist in the tariff saga: \"That's enough! Canadians have had enough. 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Dow Jones Industrial Average, already in a primary down-trend, confirmed the bear market with\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":"S&P 500","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-spx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-spx.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-spx.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2022\/2022-05-09-spx.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44799,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/21\/here-comes-trouble\/","url_meta":{"origin":61354,"position":5},"title":"Here comes trouble","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"October 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The S&P 500 is trending lower, testing support at 4200. 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