Bear Market History: The 10 Biggest S&P 500 Pullbacks

With the anticipation of a possible bear market in 2015, we're looking back at the 10 worst pullbacks in bear market history. A bear market is when a market falls 20% from its high point. At today's opening price of 17,180.88, the Dow Jones has fallen 6.4% from the high it set in May. So we still have a ways to fall before hitting a bear market - but these drops can happen quickly. Here's a look at the 10 worst drops in bear market history and how long they lasted... Tags: Bear Market , bear market 2015 , bear market 2016 , bear market history , bear market in 2015 , biggest bear markets , Is this a bear market , stock market correction. , stock market crash , worst bear markets To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post Bear Market History: The 10 Biggest S&P 500 Pullbacks appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .