Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide

Obviously "the market" has been terrible. But just how terrible and just how widespread is shown below via CNBC. Effectively, there has been nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. It's just been a matter of losing less than the other. I saw on CNBC Monday evening that this will be the fourth straight down quarter for the Dow Jones Industrial Average which would be the longest string since 1978. Quite amazing considering the bear markets of early 90s and early 00s.

Here is a preview of the quarter end stats and the winners and losers to date.

Major U.S Indices: % from 52-Wk. High Date of High

• Dow Industrials -27% October 2007
• Dow Transports -18% May 2008
• Dow Utilities -23% January 2008
• S&P 500 -29% October 2007
• Nasdaq Composite -31% October 2007
• Russell 2000 -22% October 2007

S&P 500 Sectors:

• Financials -50% October 2007
• Telecom -37% October 2007
• Technology -33% October 2007
• Materials -32% May 2008
• Energy -31% May 2008
• Industrials -31% October 2007
• Consumer Discretionary -29% October 2007
• Utilities -26% December 2007
• Healthcare -20% December 2007
• Consumer Staples -9% December 2007

Major Sector Indices :

• Airlines -57% October 2007
• Brokers -54% October 2007
• Insurance -53% October 2007
• Banks -47% October 2007
• Healthcare -42% January 2008
• Semis -42% October 2007
• Natural Gas -38% July 2008
• Oil Services -38% July 2008
• Gold Stocks -37% March 2008
• Oil Stocks -33% May 2008
• Cyclicals -31% October 2007
• Retailers -30% October 2007
• Housing -27% October 2007
• REITs -26% October 2007
• Defense -21% October 2007
• Drugs -21% December 2007
• Consumer -16% December 2007
• Biotech -14% August 2008

International Indices have not fared much better since their 52-week highs:

Major Intl' Indices (America):

• Brazil -37% May 2008
• Mexico -27% October 2007
• Canada -25% June 2008

Europe

• Russia -52% May 2008
• France -33% October 2007
• U.K -28% October 2007
• Germany -28% December 2007

Asia Pacific

• China -62% October 2007
• Hong Kong -45% October 2007
• India -40% January 2008
• Taiwan -43% October 2007
• Singapore -41% October 2007
• Japan -36% October 2007
• Thailand -34% November 2007
• Australia -32% November 2007
• Malaysia -34% January 2008
• South Korea -31% November 2007