This graph makes more sense to me than all the hype and bashing in the market right now. It makes sense that we entered into a so called "Bear" type market after the big correction in 2000 and the behavior of our current stock market is a reflection of that. These market stretches have lasted from 13-18 years in the past 100 years of the market. Commodities like PBR have done well in this type of market as seen by a 10 year graph of PBR since 1999. So despite the Dow being flat and stagnant through this Bear market stretch of 9 years, commodities have done well. Beer, Oil, Gambling, Sex, Food, and just about every other addiction stock has done well during these times.
Make sense?

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