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There's no sugarcoating it -- it's been an utter beatdown for investors over the past three weeks.
Since the major U.S. stock indexes hit their all-time closing highs, they've shed more than 25% of their value in a span of just 16 trading sessions (about 3.5 weeks, including the Presidents Day holiday). That's by far the quickest the market has pushed into bear market territory, easily surpassing the 35 trading days it took during the Great Depression crash.
Investors have also dealt with some of the wildest volatility on record. Seven of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (DJINDICES: ^DJI) nine largest single-session point declines on record have occurred since Feb. 24, along with the three biggest single-day point increases in the Index's history. Two of the declines have also registered among the 12-steepest single-day percentage drops in the Dow's storied history.
Source Fool.com
