In this comparison of the SP 500 declines in the bear markets of 2000-3
and 2007-9 we perform a more precise time comparison.
In each chart the end point is exactly 183 days from the top.
"Where such a shift in power is in favor of the governing elite, Power will achieve its murderous potential. It simply waits for an excuse, an event of some sort, an assassination, a massacre in a neighboring country, an attempted coup, a famine, or a natural disaster, to justify the beginning of murder en masse. Most state sponsored murder occurs under the cover of war, revolution, or guerrilla war, or in their aftermath."
R. J. Rummel