The table above lists all of the major bear markets recorded on the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the past 100 years. The two major secular (long term trend) bear markets of the century occurred from 1929 to 1942 and 1966 to 1982. Although the secular bear markets ended in 1942 and 1982 respectively, they actually made their primary bottoms in 1932 and 1974. The links provided below will cover the 1929-1932, 1939-1942, 1973-1974, and 1981-1982 bear market sequences. Additional links to other bear market sequences (including 1937-1938, 1946-1949, 1956-1957, and 1968-1970) will be provided in the future.