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Comparing 1974-75 and 1938-39 vs 2009

Posted By Barry Ritholtz On October 21, 2009 @ 11:39 am In Technical Analysis | Comments Disabled

This morning on Bloomberg Radio [1], I discussed prior market rallies with Jim Bianco, namely  the 1937-38 and 1973-74 moves (including this Bloomberg chart [2]).

Courtesy of Ron Griess of The Chart Store [3], here is an even better look at each of those moves, compared to the present rally:

1937-38 Rally Compared to Today

10-16-09 S&P Tops in 1938 and 2009 [4]

1974-75 Rally Compared to Today

10-16-09 S&P Bottoms in 1974 and 2009 [5]


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URLs in this post:

[1] Bloomberg Radio: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/guest-hosting-radio-bloomberg-surveillance/

[2] Bloomberg chart: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/10/comparing-rallies-2009-vs-1974-75-vs-1938-39/

[3] The Chart Store: http://www.thechartstore.com/

[4] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/10-16-09-SP-Tops-in-1938-and-2009.gif

[5] Image: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/10-16-09-SP-Bottoms-in-1974-and-2009.gif

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