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You can find a couple of charts below and see how prices reacted during that time period beginning in the late 's and extending through to the 's. This was the first page I added to my site on this topic and it covers more than just the time period.

Stock Chart Analysis

I've since done a better job with organizing charts and pages together. In addition to the charts below, I have several other pages with charts and details showing comparisons between today's stock market and the 's Great Depression era.

Stock Market Great Depression

See the bottom of this page for links to several related pages on this site. I will also be adding new related pages in the future so be sure to check back or subscribe to my email updates or free Newsletter for updates as they occur.

The first chart shown below is of the DJIA from late through early using weekly closing prices.

The market top during this period was reached in August of at a level of The bottom was reached 34 months later at a level of You will notice that during this decline, there were several periods of rising prices, or bear market rally's as we call them.

These rally's were short lived, although some lasted several months. In the end the trend was indeed down.

The next chart is a stock chart only, and shows the Dow Jones starting the year around and finishing near Although this is the year many people associate with the great depression for this particular time period , this was in fact only one of many years that it would last.

The next stock chart from the US Depression era goes from late and this time goes up until January of The reason why I am showing a chart up to this time period, is that this is when the Dow Jones finally reached the previous top price level of set in August of Yes, you read that right.

As you can see below, the Dow Jones didn't reach the prior high set in until November of , 25 years later.

How would you have liked to have been a buy and hold investor during this time period, who started investing in the early 's? And finally I wanted to show a stock chart from this time period that shows what happened at the bottom of this cycle.

That's right, it almost doubled in a two month time period off of the bottom. Return From " Stock Chart" To "Home". Online Stock Trading Guide Trading Education, Tips and Resources.

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