US Bear Market Commentary Introduction

U.S. Bear Market Commentary
Introduction

First, let me welcome you to the U.S. Bear Market Commentary web site. This is a non-commercial effort
of a single individual and has been running for 3 years as of January 2003. You will find the main web page
updated each market day and an occassional weekend update when something important happens. I post
charts for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq with updates on Monday and Thursday. Longterm charts are also
available (by hyper-link) for these same markets.

My web site mirrors investment articles. This means that I copy the article whole cloth to my web page.
This ensures the article stays available as long as I maintain that day's web page (usually 6 months). By the
way, I only post FREE articles that I find while surfing the internet. Articles which you must subscribe to or
submit to a "free registration" will NOT find their way to my web page. Mind you, all of them are
copyrighted and I commonly post their copyright notice right along with the article as well as a link to the
original article. You can always check my copy by visiting the original. Also, many authors have their own
archive of past articles. So, if you liked an article by some author, consider visiting their link in search of their
archive. If the original article contains charts or photos, I post those as well.

Naturally, there's a bunch of links available for the various web sites that I have uncovered. Feel free to send
me an e-mail with a question or articles you think I should see. I try to respond to each e-mail and so far, I
have heard from over 400 web visitors.

Here's an alphabetical rundown on the main pages of this site. Feel free to visit any or all of them. If you have
any problems, questions or comments feel free to send an e-mail. There's an e-mail link at the top and bottom
of each page.

Home	The main page, bookmark this one, updated Mon-Fri
Archive	An index page with links going back 6 month
1929-1932	A summary of the bear market of 1929-1932 with charts
1929-1955	Charts of the Dow from Jan 1929 through Dec 1955
1987	A summary of the crash of 1987 with charts
1990-1999	Charts of the Dow from Jan 1990 through Dec 1999
HowLow?	A partially complete page on how low this bear market could go
Japan	A summary of the Japanese bear market of 1990-2003 with charts
Links	A collection of my links on a page by themselves in case you want to print them out.
Mania?	A comparison of our current market and Japan's 1990 bear market to 1929-1932
Testimonials	A short list of compliments/testimonials I have received in my e-mail
whoami?	A thumbnail sketch of my background

These web pages were started specifically to warn everyday people about the huge risk of a market crash. There are links at the top and bottom of the page for more information about 1929, 1987, Japan, are we in a mania?, how low we could go and who am I. These are pages that were developed in 1999, but, as they are historical, they are still valid. This page is the main one that is currently being updated on a daily basis. It is NOT intended as a general market analysis and so it doesn't cover bonds, commodities, currency or gold and silver except as they come up in some articles that are quoted. Speaking of articles, I don't write everything on this page, I am more of an editor. I quote articles written by others that I think are important for you to read. I am not trying to ride on the coattails of these other authors as I provide their names and links to their articles.

This is a private, non-commercial, web page comparing our current market to previous market crashes. You will NOT find any click-ads here and you are welcome to visit as often as you like. It is my intention to update this page daily until our market crashes or returns to making new bullish highs. If our market enters a real crash, my commentary will switch from market comparisons to forecasting the bottom of the crash. I don't make specific stock recommendations and I am not connected with wallstreet in any way. I am solely responsible for the content of these pages and if I include any comments from others I will tell you who wrote it or include a link to the author's web page.